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Thornton, CO vs Greeley, CO

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Highlights
- Greeley spends 13.3% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.1% lower in Greeley than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greeley had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton

Education
 Thornton, COGreeley, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,840$12,873$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298$10,749$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,182$5,749$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6716.9816.23
 Students per Librarian10047364573
 Students per Counselor324258530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%7.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%22.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%26.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.8%7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%1.2%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 Greeley    34 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

ive lived here for a while and its pretty  More

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I lived in Greeley, CO during my undergraduate for 4 years. I recently moved to go receive my graduate degree elsewhere. However, there are so many ups and downs of this  More

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Over 4 years ago

I also have lived in Greeley for 5 yrs. Greeley is full of crime, drug users, and thief's. People are rude. An dont get me started on everyone excepting free hand  More

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ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602
ZIPS IN GREELEY, COLORADO
80631 80634

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