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Houston, TX vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 18.0% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% lower in Santa Fe than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 13.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$10,926$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8215.3416.23
 Students per Librarian147014984573
 Students per Counselor473310530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%42.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%3.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  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 5 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 5 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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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
87507 87505 87501

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