2026 Compare Cities Education:
Rockford, IL vs Green Bay, WI

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Highlights
- Green Bay spends 10.6% less per student than Rockford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% lower in Green Bay than in Rockford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Green Bay had 3.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rockford
 Rockford, ILGreen Bay, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,663$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,358  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,212$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4454573
 Students per Counselor524  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 6 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 7 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 Green Bay    30 Reviews

We moved here when I was a child some 40+ years ago. I left to go to school, returned for a job, left for another job out of state, returned to help family, left state  More

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Over 7 years ago

Grew up here. There's not as much to do as in a large city, but it's safe fun place full of nice people.  More

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I've been living here since 2014 since moving from California and I've noticed that while there are some cool people here, most are rude and out of that group some are  More

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