2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rolla, MO vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 8.4% more per student than Rolla.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.4% higher in Birmingham than in Rolla. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 6.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rolla
 Rolla, MOBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,994  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor302  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Rolla    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Rolla is somewhat dominated by missouri S&T (Missouri University of Science &Technology) formerly known as UMR. The student population is huge. This year alone there are  More

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When looking for a comfortable temporary home for an educational pit stop along the road of life, Rolla is a great place to do so. With our blue ribbon elementary  More

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Rolla is a great place to live, but it is getting worse. There are too many outsiders, imports, transplants from other states, interlopers moving in here. All they want  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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