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Enumclaw, WA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 26.1% less per student than Enumclaw.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Thornton than in Enumclaw. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Enumclaw
 Enumclaw, WAThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Enumclaw    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Provides the opportunity to experience fulfillment in work and life  More

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I lived in Enumcalw in '48 and '49 when I was 10-11 yrs old. I really loved the place and always wanted to re-visit it. It was great to be a kid there. There was  More

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Over 15 years ago

I wanted to move to Enumclaw since I was young, I have been here for about 10 years now and I love it, except for the fact that the city took the 'cap' from no building  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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