2025 Compare Cities Education:
South Bend, IN vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 19.0% more per student than South Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% higher in Santa Fe than in South Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to South Bend
 South Bend, INSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  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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