2024 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, NY vs San Tan Valley, AZ

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Highlights
- San Tan Valley spends 63.0% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 64.5% higher in San Tan Valley than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Tan Valley had 12.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, NYSan Tan Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$27,131$10,044$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,397$8,414$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$13,281$4,280$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.7819.3816.23
 Students per Librarian66573694573
 Students per Counselor265730530
 Grade School Educ.5.6%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.9%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.5%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%28.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%22.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%0.7%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 San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived here for nearly two years now. I find it to be a great place to live with a few drawbacks. 1.) There is no highway access and results in messy traffic  More

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Over 7 years ago

This place is AWFUL what a mistake we made! Schools are crap & constantly begging for supplies, traffic gets worse by the day as they continue to throw up subdivisions,  More

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