2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hilo, HI vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 16.4% less per student than Hilo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.7% higher in Thornton than in Hilo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hilo
 Hilo, HIThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,564  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Hilo    10 Reviews

If you’re looking at Hilo, then you’re likely being recruited in the medical or education fields. These are where the greatest needs of the community lie, and there are  More

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Over 4 years ago

I enjoyed living in Hawaii County for a number of years, most in Hilo. While Hilo has problems, they are few compared to mainland USA. I never experienced racism by  More

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Over 4 years ago

Too much racism from "native Hawaiians" who aren't actually natives. That keeps me from living in that paradise. I'm this is the "natives" goal.  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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