2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sparks, NV vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 7.9% more per student than Sparks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.2% higher in Rochester than in Sparks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 10.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sparks
 Sparks, NVRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,842  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Sparks    14 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Nice place to live. Lots of events, recreation, and  More

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LOVE it! Fifth generation Reno/Sparks native. Paternal great grandparents born and raised in Reno. Sparks has an old fashioned home town feeling. I love Sparks! Great  More

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Over 17 years ago

Do not listen to the Californian. Sparks has all 4 seasons. It does snow here but the snow is very wet and melts quickly and it does not snow six months out of the year.  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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