2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rock Island, IL vs Rochester, NY

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 69.6% more per student than Rock Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.3% lower in Rochester than in Rock Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILRochester, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,131$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,861  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,281$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6654573
 Students per Counselor392  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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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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