2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mesa, AZ vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 43.3% more per student than Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% lower in Santa Fe than in Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mesa
 Mesa, AZSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 2 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  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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