2025 Compare Cities Education:
Half Moon Bay, CA vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 24.6% less per student than Half Moon Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.5% lower in Santa Fe than in Half Moon Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Half Moon Bay
 Half Moon Bay, CASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  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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