2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Fe, TX vs Arlington, WA

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Highlights
- Arlington spends 33.2% more per student than Santa Fe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.4% higher in Arlington than in Santa Fe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Arlington had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Fe
 Santa Fe, TXArlington, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,118$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock15644573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Fe    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

as a person who was born and raised here, it’s terrible. if you like being hatecrimed or doing the hate criming i guess you should come here. terrible twin terrible  More

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Over 8 years ago

Santa Fe is wonderful to us! Most people don't live by the dump, that is more between Algoa and Alvin or live by crapy areas. Santa Fe is a small town where a lot of  More

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I am a professional that moved to Santa Fe a year ago. Santa Fe is a small town close to the Ocean and close to amenities. If you don't like having a WALMART down the  More

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Reviews for Arlington    4 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Arlington is a nice area, however the property taxes are very high. We built a home here in 2015 . The home is similar to the one we lived in in Arlington's "twin" city  More

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Arlington is north of Seattle. Like the entire Greater Seattle area, the quality of life is easy going. The weather is generally gentle all year long. A little snow in  More

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Over 16 years ago

We live on the West side of I-5, area known as Smokey Point/Lakewood/7 Lakes. As do several other family members. The area still has a very rural feeling without driving  More

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