2025 Compare Cities Education:
Friday Harbor, WA vs Santa Fe, NM

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- Santa Fe spends 22.0% less per student than Friday Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% lower in Santa Fe than in Friday Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Friday Harbor
 Friday Harbor, WASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,789  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Friday Harbor    2 Reviews

Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

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I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  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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