Editing Rochester, Minnesota (section)

==Education==
[[File:Rochester johnmarshallhighschool 1.jpg|thumb|left|Courtyard and greenhouse of John Marshall Senior High School]]
[[File:MayoMedicalSchoolBldgRochesterMinn2007May.JPG|thumb|upright|Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine]]

Rochester Public Schools enroll 16,300 students in 23 public [[primary education|primary]] and [[secondary education|secondary]] schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi |title=District 535 at a Glance |publisher=Rochester Public Schools |access-date=December 22, 2010 |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906011809/http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The city is divided into three public high school attendance zones: [[John Marshall High School (Minnesota)|John Marshall]], [[Mayo High School|Mayo]] and [[Century High School (Rochester, Minnesota)|Century]]. Private schools in the city include [[Rochester Lourdes High School|Lourdes]], [https://schaefferacadamy.org Schaeffer Academy], and Rochester Central Lutheran School amongst various smaller private religious schools. Studio Academy, a fine arts-focused [[charter school]] operated for 10 years in Rochester and closed its doors in 2011 upon losing its charter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schaefferacademy.org/ |website=Schaeffer Academy |title=Homepage}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studioacademy.org/www.studioacademy.org/Home_Page.html |title=Homepage |website=Studio Academy Charter High School}}</ref> The Rochester STEM Academy opened in 2011, occupying the former Studio Academy building.

Higher education in Rochester had been concentrated around the former [[University Center Rochester]] in the city's southeast outskirts, where [[Rochester Community and Technical College]] shares a campus with a branch of [[Winona State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roch.edu|title=Homepage |website=Rochester Community and Technical College |access-date=October 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921150747/http://www.roch.edu/ |archive-date=September 21, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  The [[University of Minnesota]] offered degrees through UCR until 2007, when the [[University of Minnesota Rochester]] was established downtown.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.r.umn.edu/about-umr/growth/index.htm| title=Growth of UMR| website=University of Minnesota Rochester| access-date=December 22, 2010| archive-date=December 26, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226023325/http://www.r.umn.edu/about-umr/growth/index.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> Branches of [[Augsburg University]] and [[College of St. Scholastica]] are also in Rochester, as are branches of [[Winona State University]] and [[Saint Mary's University of Minnesota|St. Mary's University]].  The [[Mayo Clinic]] offers graduate medical education and research programs through the [[Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine]], [[Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences]], and the [[Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences]].

According to the United States Census Bureau 2011–2015, the number of high school graduates or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+ was 94.1%. The number of bachelor's degree or higher percent of persons age 25+ was 41.3%.<ref name="census.gov"/>