2025 Compare Cities Education:
Nampa, ID vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 82.3% more per student than Nampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.4% lower in Santa Fe than in Nampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Nampa
 Nampa, IDSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,772  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor548  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Nampa    5 Reviews

We have lived in Arizona (near Phoenix) for 20 years. We are in the process of moving to the Nampa/Caldwell area. Trust me you DO NOT want to come to Arizona for an  More

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Sales tax is one area that it hard to get used to, taxes here are probably average but I was not used to paying sales tax. After I checked it out against other states  More

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Over 15 years ago

Im sure the economy is bad everywhere, but in Nampa, i believe i read the unemployment rate is near  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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