2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laughlin, NV vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 32.1% more per student than Laughlin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.1% lower in Santa Fe than in Laughlin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Laughlin
 Laughlin, NVSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Laughlin    8 Reviews

Boring little casino town. Good way to waste your life here. You got Meth-head city across the dirty river. Some water activities if you aren’t broke but that stuff is  More

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I divide my time between Laughlin and work on the road and I always look forward to coming back. I love the small town feel of the Laughlin/Bullhead City area and the  More

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Over 10 years ago

think of relocating to Laughlin. Every factor looks good except the air quality rating. I could understand this rating if the Mohave Power Station was still in  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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