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Santa Fe, NM vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 4.5% less per student than Santa Fe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% higher in Decatur than in Santa Fe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Fe

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 Santa Fe, NMDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,138$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,926$12,532$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,510$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3415.8216.23
 Students per Librarian149837214573
 Students per Counselor310771530
 Grade School Educ.5.7%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.9%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%23.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%21.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.2%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%0.8%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
87507 87505 87501
ZIPS IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS
62521 62526 62523

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