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Santa Fe, NM vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 13.0% more per student than Santa Fe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% higher in Olympia than in Santa Fe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Fe

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 Santa Fe, NMOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,138$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,926$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,510$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.341816.23
 Students per Librarian149812464573
 Students per Counselor310439530
 Grade School Educ.5.7%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.9%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.2%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%1.8%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 Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
87507 87505 87501
ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506

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