2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rolla, MO vs Glasgow, KY

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Highlights
- Glasgow spends 1.9% less per student than Rolla.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.1% higher in Glasgow than in Rolla. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Glasgow had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rolla
 Rolla, MOGlasgow, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,941$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,994  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,439$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6934573
 Students per Counselor302  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Glasgow    2 Reviews

Retired here 2 years ago from Michigan. Less winter but still a lot of gloomy grey days with rain. Had a new house built only to find a very poor work ethic here. It's  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live here in Glasgow all my life and we do have few bad apples in our city but I cannot say that everyone is like that. I am not like that at all and I know there are  More

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