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Santa Fe, NM vs Lompoc, CA

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Highlights
- Lompoc spends 10.4% more per student than Santa Fe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.0% higher in Lompoc than in Santa Fe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 18.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, NMLompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,926  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor310  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
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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Reviews for Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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