2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sedalia, MO vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 34.7% more per student than Sedalia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.1% higher in Rochester than in Sedalia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 11.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sedalia
 Sedalia, MORochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,445  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor337  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Sedalia    5 Reviews

There is not one thing I can say about this town, other than it's proximity to better towns in all directions, that would inspire any one to move here. I have found  More

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I would not recommend this town to anyone with a young family or a family/individual who does not own transportation. No culture. No economy. HIGH Crime. Google lists 67  More

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Over 14 years ago

We came here in 2001 after living in Myrtle Beach SC for 13 years. We ended up here because I was offered and accepted a position at Whiteman AFB. Mostly, It's been  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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