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Rochester, NY vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 45.3% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 58.5% higher in Thornton than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester

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 Rochester, NYThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$27,131$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,397$11,298$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$13,281$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.7818.6716.23
 Students per Librarian66510044573
 Students per Counselor265324530
 Grade School Educ.5.6%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.9%7.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.5%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%22.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%29.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  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 ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
14609, 14621, 14620, 14611, 14607, 14615, 14619, 14610, 14613, 14605, 14 total
ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602

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