2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, NY vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 43.7% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 97.0% higher in Irvine than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 16.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, NYIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,397  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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Reviews for Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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