2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rockford, IL vs Austin, MN

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Highlights
- Austin spends 11.9% more per student than Rockford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% higher in Austin than in Rockford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rockford
 Rockford, ILAustin, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,342$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,358  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock34334573
 Students per Counselor524  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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Reviews for Austin    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I lived in Austin for 15 years. I only lasted that long because I had kids and wanted to raise them close to my hometown in another state. I would recommend that you  More

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Over 18 years ago

man you may not think that austin can be hard or anything but im tellin u that i moved up here from chicago and this is a bad little town, the crime rates are high and  More

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