2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, NY vs Roswell, GA

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Highlights
- Roswell spends 40.0% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.1% higher in Roswell than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Roswell had 13.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, NYRoswell, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,267$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,397  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,086$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5704573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Roswell    16 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I just moved here from out of state was excited because the area is beautiful, beautiful homes, parks, and schools have great ratings. Everyone seems nice when we are  More

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Over 8 years ago

While the public schools are good, they are constantly being under-funded and classroom sizes are increasing. You can get a decent home for the money here, but the area  More

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Over 8 years ago

We recently relocated (cross country) to Roswell, GA, and our family could not have found a better place. This is a family friendly town, with an abundance of activities  More

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