2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chapin, SC vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 5.6% less per student than Chapin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.4% higher in Santa Fe than in Chapin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chapin
 Chapin, SCSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,923  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Chapin    4 Reviews

Excellent schools with superior ratings. Very clean community with a huge lake to use for boating. Ample amount of restaurants to visit that are both good and welcoming  More

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Over 3 years ago

Amazingly beautiful area with some of the kindest residents. 5 star schools and beautiful Lake Murray is our perfect retirement forever place we chose after vacationing  More

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Moved to Chapin, SC officially 7/2017 after the arduous process of having new home plans done - and redone, finalizing the purchase of our property, two moves, split  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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