2025 Compare Cities Education:
Whitefish, MT vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 11.2% more per student than Whitefish.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% higher in Santa Fe than in Whitefish. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Whitefish
 Whitefish, MTSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,502  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor337  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Whitefish    3 Reviews

I love Whitefish! While I love Whitefish, I worry about the future. Whitefish has been a wonderful place to live for years. People are friendly & you know everyone.   More

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Whitefish is a resort town with a resort tax, cleaner and better managed that neighboring Kalispell, but also more expensive to live in. Still, if you're from a more  More

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Over 16 years ago

Whitefish is a small resort town, close to Glacier National Park. Lots of activities in summer and winter. A great place for kids. The schools are great too.   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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