2025 Compare Cities Education:
Branson, MO vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 27.4% more per student than Branson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.3% higher in Thornton than in Branson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Branson
 Branson, MOThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,926  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor381  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Branson    15 Reviews

Where do I begin... First and foremost, everything here is expensive. The rent is high! and YOU pay for water and sewer costs, most residents live in old, substandard  More

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Over 4 years ago

It’s expensive living and everything is outdated from condos to apartments, and even housing. Traffic is also during tourist months. I don’t recommend living here.  More

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Branson is in a beautiful part of the extreme northern Ozarks- that's the good. Crime, even tho the local Govt tries to act like it doesn't exist, drugs, & Traffic are  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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