2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Fe, NM vs Normal, IL

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Highlights
- Normal spends 12.1% more per student than Santa Fe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.1% lower in Normal than in Santa Fe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Normal had 8.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, NMNormal, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,926  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5904573
 Students per Counselor310  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%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 Normal    5 Reviews

While not a perfect town by any stretch of the imagination, I have lived in Normal my entire life and I have to say that there are FAR worse places one could live. The  More

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Over 16 years ago

I would like to know more about the quality of education at Illinois State  More

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With relatively low crime, good schools and excellent access to higher education, Normal is a great place to raise a family. The city is trying to update its city center  More

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