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Catalina, AZ vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 40.7% more per student than Catalina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.9% lower in Santa Fe than in Catalina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Catalina

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 Catalina, AZSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,756$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,897$10,926$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,785$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.6615.3416.23
 Students per Librarian144714984573
 Students per Counselor519310530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.2%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.2%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%42.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.8%14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%3.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Catalina    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

The Catlaina area (Saddlebrook / Oro Valley) was wonderful back in the 1970's and 1980's. As is typical with AZ, Developers ruined the community and problems are a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Deeply regret moving here 10 yrs ago. Cost of living is high, over-inflated housing/rental market, traffic is horrible, pay is extremely low. Great place to golf  More

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Over 17 years ago

We live on the north side of the Catalina Mtns. close to Tucson but not so close that we have to endure the smog. Congestion is becoming a part of life out here as  More

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Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 5 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 5 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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