2025 Compare Cities Education:
Waukee, IA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 12.7% less per student than Waukee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.1% higher in Rochester than in Waukee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Waukee
 Waukee, IARochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,465  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Waukee    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

moved here from nj the pace is so different here- lots to do- hills and bike paths, restaurants galore, theaters,  More

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It doesn't get any better than this! Low crime, high education standards, clean/attractive, family-oriented community with generally conservative values. Easy  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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