2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, NH vs Appleton, WI

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Highlights
- Appleton spends 36.6% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% higher in Appleton than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Appleton had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, NHAppleton, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,610$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,209  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4784573
 Students per Counselor226  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Rochester    3 Reviews

After living here for almost twelve years, I become happier each year with my choice. Rochester has lots of space left for development. It provides good community  More

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Awful horrid place, people have such a terrible attitude and can't (or at least won't) keep to their own business, ALWAYS starting and causing DRAMA, BS, HEADGAMES, and  More

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Rochester is a beautiful New England small town within commuting and shopping distance to Portsmouth and Boston. Close to both the White Mountains and the Seacoast  More

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Reviews for Appleton    23 Reviews

Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very  More

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Over 7 years ago

Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you  More

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Over 8 years ago

Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by  More

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