2025 Compare Cities Education:
Scotch Plains, NJ vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 35.3% less per student than Scotch Plains.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.1% higher in Santa Fe than in Scotch Plains. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 7.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scotch Plains
 Scotch Plains, NJSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor377  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Scotch Plains    2 Reviews

I've lived in the city for about 5 years now and I've enjoyed it, it's close to new york and my son likes the schools as "the teachers are friendly and nice" (In His  More

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Over 11 years ago

To see it is to believe it. Scotch Plains is definitely one of the best towns that New Jersey has to offer.  More

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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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