2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sanford, FL vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 48.3% more per student than Sanford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.3% higher in Rochester than in Sanford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sanford
 Sanford, FLRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,661  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor517  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Sanford    8 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

we are looking for a place that except a dog she 11 years old fixed, we are on social se curity we get about 1600 a month I am 59 and my husband is 52 years of age  More

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Over 14 years ago

A little southern town with some bad areas and not too much variety in culture besides white and black. Not too close to orlando, lots of outdoor activities, and overall  More

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You need to check exactly where in 32773 a house is located as the properties on the edge of the zip or more like 32746 Lake Mary. All services and shopping tends to 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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