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Flagstaff, AZ vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 22.5% more per student than Flagstaff.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% higher in Thornton than in Flagstaff. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Flagstaff

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 Flagstaff, AZThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,118$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,438$11,298$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,493$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3318.6716.23
 Students per Librarian80810044573
 Students per Counselor357324530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%7.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.9%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%22.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.4%29.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.4%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.1%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Flagstaff    50 Reviews

Amber · 

Flagstaff is absolutely the perfect place to call home. Especially for families. 4 perfectly balanced seasons. None too extreme and all beautiful. Ridiculously safe!  More

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Leah · 

I've lived here for one year and have to move because the cost to rent here is astronomical. I've been paying $2550/month and now for a comparable home it is $2900 and  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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ZIPS IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
86001 86004 86011
ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602

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