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Portland, OR vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 22.7% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.1% lower in Santa Fe than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$10,926$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2515.3416.23
 Students per Librarian61414984573
 Students per Counselor299310530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%42.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%3.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  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 5 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 5 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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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
87507 87505 87501

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