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Nampa, ID vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 78.8% more per student than Nampa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Thornton than in Nampa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Nampa

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 Nampa, IDThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,302$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,772$11,298$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,542$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.9318.6716.23
 Students per Librarian160910044573
 Students per Counselor548324530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%7.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.1%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.6%22.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%29.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.8%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Nampa    5 Reviews

We have lived in Arizona (near Phoenix) for 20 years. We are in the process of moving to the Nampa/Caldwell area. Trust me you DO NOT want to come to Arizona for an  More

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Sales tax is one area that it hard to get used to, taxes here are probably average but I was not used to paying sales tax. After I checked it out against other states  More

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Over 14 years ago

Im sure the economy is bad everywhere, but in Nampa, i believe i read the unemployment rate is near  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 NAMPA, IDAHO
83686 83651 83687
ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602

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