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

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 17.7% less per student than Gilroy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.9% lower in Santa Fe than in Gilroy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 7.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Gilroy
 Gilroy, CASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 19 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  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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