2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Helens, OR vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 0.9% less per student than St. Helens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% higher in Rochester than in St. Helens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Helens
 St. Helens, ORRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,798  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor387  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for St. Helens    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Poor community with a lo of riff-raff and shady  More

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Over 15 years ago

I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 2 YEARS NOW,COMING HERE FROM THE MID-WEST,AND I AM HERE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE AND EVEN INTO THE HEREAFTER. THE BEAUTY OF THE PACIFIC  More

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Over 17 years ago

As a transplant from California, I was suprised at first with the moderate weather as I had been told how wet and dreary the Portland area was in comparison. Yes it  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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