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Hamilton township (Mercer County), NJ vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton spends 40.1% less per student than Hamilton township (Mercer County).
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.1% higher in Thornton than in Hamilton township (Mercer County). (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hamilton township (Mercer County)
 Hamilton township (Mercer County), NJThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
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Reviews for Hamilton Township (Mercer County)    3 Reviews
Anonymous · Trenton, NJ
Health Care
Over 16 years ago

In general, Health Care here is good. Lots of MD's, lots of Chiropractors, not so many Acupuncturists and Massage Therapists. If you have a serious MD related health  More

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Diamond · New York, NY
not so great
Over 17 years ago

Taxes in Hamilton are very very  More

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Zip · Trenton, NJ
Zip Codes hardly divide the problem
Over 18 years ago

We live in zip code 08619 and the street around the corner is 08620 and a couple blocks on the other side is 08690. Trenton is 08611 and for the most part gangs hover  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews
D · Thornton, CO
Whiny boomers in the reviews
Over 3 years ago

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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Alli · Thornton, CO
Plenty of Housing
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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Karen · Denver, CO
Population is exploding
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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