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

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 14.9% less per student than Oakland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.0% lower in Santa Fe than in Oakland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oakland
 Oakland, CASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  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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