2025 Compare Cities Education:
San Francisco, CA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 30.0% less per student than San Francisco.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.9% lower in Rochester than in San Francisco. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 6.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to San Francisco
 San Francisco, CARochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,279  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor566  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for San Francisco    149 Reviews

from a single guy's perspective. let's start this review from 2017. I moved here to be near to my sister who also relocated, and also to attend Cal State East Bay in  More

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I've lived in San Francisco for ten years. I thought I would write a balanced review for people looking to move here. My family is from places like Boise, Atlanta,  More

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I've lived in San Francisco for ten years. I thought I would write a balanced review for people looking to move here. My family is from places like Boise, Atlanta,  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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