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Thornton, CO vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Boulder spends 8.8% more per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Boulder than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boulder had 10.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton

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 Thornton, COBoulder, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,840$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298$12,130$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,182$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6717.1116.23
 Students per Librarian10046194573
 Students per Counselor324213530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%10.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%76.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.8%25.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%5.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%9.0%1.5%

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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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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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80229 80260 80241 80602
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