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El Dorado Hills, CA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 27.0% more per student than El Dorado Hills.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% lower in Thornton than in El Dorado Hills. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to El Dorado Hills
 El Dorado Hills, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor767  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for El Dorado Hills    8 Reviews

I just moved up here from the bay area and I cannot believe the differences in many ways: The first is the air quality - we can breathe! My son has severe asthma and  More

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Over 10 years ago

El Dorado Hills is a nice place to live and there are a lot of Neo-Rich folks here if you like that kind of crowd. But be warned if you are a parent with high school  More

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El Dorado Hills has outstanding public schools. Definitely a great reason to live in this Sacramento Metro Area  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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