2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Fe, NM vs Mesquite, NV

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Highlights
- Mesquite spends 24.3% less per student than Santa Fe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.0% higher in Mesquite than in Santa Fe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mesquite had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, NMMesquite, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,926  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,642$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7284573
 Students per Counselor310  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Mesquite    13 Reviews

Here's my take on Mesquite. I have a home in Orange County, CA and since 2005, a 2nd (vacation) home in St. George. We have spent much time in Mesquite. My daughter  More

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The rudest, most vile people I have ever met. We were considering retiring here but no way!! Bad drivers, no affordable housing, poor medical care (we would have to  More

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My husband and I visited Mesquite around Christmas as it had been suggested to us as a place to retire, but the impression we had was that retirees are a very large part  More

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