2025 Compare Cities Education:
Boulder, CO vs Santa Fe, TX

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 17.7% less per student than Boulder.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.5% lower in Santa Fe than in Boulder. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder
 Boulder, COSanta Fe, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,297$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,956$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11064573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 5 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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Reviews for Santa Fe    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

as a person who was born and raised here, it’s terrible. if you like being hatecrimed or doing the hate criming i guess you should come here. terrible twin terrible  More

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Over 8 years ago

Santa Fe is wonderful to us! Most people don't live by the dump, that is more between Algoa and Alvin or live by crapy areas. Santa Fe is a small town where a lot of  More

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I am a professional that moved to Santa Fe a year ago. Santa Fe is a small town close to the Ocean and close to amenities. If you don't like having a WALMART down the  More

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