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Elk Grove, CA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 2.6% less per student than Elk Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.9% lower in Thornton than in Elk Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elk Grove
 Elk Grove, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor641  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 11 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  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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