2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Fe, NM vs Salem, MA

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Highlights
- Salem spends 33.6% more per student than Santa Fe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.5% lower in Salem than in Santa Fe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, NMSalem, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,221$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,926  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,919$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5304573
 Students per Counselor310  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Salem    4 Reviews

I've been in Salem, Massachusetts for a year now because it brought me up here for my husband's job. Salem may be a great place to visit during Halloween but other  More

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Over 12 years ago

My husband and I move to Salem, MA from Long Island NY five years ago and we love it! We kept on visiting for Halloween and we just decided to move here for the hell of  More

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Over 18 years ago

We are family friendly, albeit strange. We celebrate Halloween for a month. Check out the Haunted Happenings  More

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