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Boulder, CO vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 8.1% less per student than Boulder.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.1% higher in Thornton than in Boulder. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 9.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder

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 Boulder, COThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,153$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130$11,298$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,939$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.1118.6716.23
 Students per Librarian61910044573
 Students per Counselor213324530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%7.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.9%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.6%22.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.6%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.8%29.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.25.0%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.7%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.0%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 4 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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80302 80304 80301 80303 80305 80310
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80229 80260 80241 80602

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