Next to that figure, the card lists the statewide average for the same teacher as $35,735.

The unemployment rate for the region has held steady at about 2 percent above the statewide average.

Yet in 1992, the city spent $564 per student on operations and maintenance; the statewide average was $656.

Total job growth in Rochester remains lower than the statewide average.

Both scores are more than 50 points above the statewide averages.

In 2000-1, the most recent year for which the state has figures, the district spent $18,415 per pupil, far above the statewide average of $11,871.

The dropout rate in the district is twice the statewide average.

Class sizes range from 18 and 22, compared with a statewide average of 21.4.

Its average pay of $8.40 an hour is about $2 above the statewide average.

These are typically 20-40 points better than the statewide average.