2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sandusky, OH vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 9.5% less per student than Sandusky.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% higher in Rochester than in Sandusky. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sandusky
 Sandusky, OHRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,316  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.49  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor286  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Sandusky    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The Sandusky area has a horrible rate of cancer in children. The area is nice, and the lakeside life style can lure you in...but if you don't want someone you care about  More

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I grew up in Sandusky (from age 2 - 22 years old) and found that the conditions are fundamentally wonderful to live and raise a family. This town is large enough to  More

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Over 19 years ago

I have found Sandusky to be quite friendly. Tellers at the banks know you by name and the officals at school know which kids are ours without asking. Winters can be  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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