2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, NY vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 30.5% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% higher in New York than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, NYNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,397  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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