2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chantilly, VA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 15.6% less per student than Chantilly.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.1% higher in Thornton than in Chantilly. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chantilly
 Chantilly, VAThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor273  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Chantilly    3 Reviews

I have grown up in the Northern Va. area. It is a great place to make a lot of money and live a very busy life. We would now like to move to an area where we can  More

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Over 19 years ago

The traffic in this area is  More

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Over 19 years ago

If you enjoy all 4 seasons, then Chantilly, VA is a great place to  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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