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

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 2.3% less per student than Lincoln.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.5% lower in Santa Fe than in Lincoln. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lincoln
 Lincoln, CASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,263  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Lincoln    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Having grown up an “Angelino” and having a very suburban life in the SF Valley, we moved to a Sacramento suburb in mid 80s when it was still an undiscovered gem; I was a  More

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Over 11 years ago

This is a little ranch and farm town just to the north east of Sacramento that several years ago found itself growing like a weed. The downtown area is like many small  More

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Over 18 years ago

Lincoln has grown significantly in the Last 5 years. A lot of beautiful new developments and great communities. I believe, that Lincoln provides great value for money.  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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