2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, MN vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 36.5% more per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% lower in Seattle than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, MNSeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,126  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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