2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, NY vs Santa Clara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Clara spends 32.2% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 83.3% higher in Santa Clara than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Clara had 14.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, NYSanta Clara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,397  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%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 Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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