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Petaluma, CA vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 10.2% less per student than Petaluma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.3% lower in Santa Fe than in Petaluma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Petaluma
 Petaluma, CASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  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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