2025 Compare Cities Education:
Alameda, CA vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 14.9% less per student than Alameda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.0% lower in Santa Fe than in Alameda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alameda
 Alameda, CASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  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 6 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 6 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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