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Washougal, WA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 23.0% less per student than Washougal.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.5% higher in Rochester than in Washougal. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Washougal
 Washougal, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Washougal    2 Reviews

Washougal is a nice little town surrounded by beautiful mountains and right by the Columbia river. It's close to Vancouver and Portland so you can commute and have a  More

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Over 19 years ago

Washougal is a bedroom community to the Porltand/Vancouver Metro area. Great place to raise a family. Very close to good jobs. But, like driving to the country every  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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