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Bethesda, MD vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 24.8% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.0% higher in Thornton than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 10.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  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 5 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 10 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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