2026 Compare Cities Education:
Kyle, TX vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 5.7% more per student than Kyle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.3% higher in Thornton than in Kyle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kyle
 Kyle, TXThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,966  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor424  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Kyle    2 Reviews

I have lived in Kyle for six months now. I left the Bell County area for better opportunity to grow and I loved how this area is booming. I purchased my first home (  More

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Over 18 years ago

Kyle is located on the I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. We moved there nearly 4 years ago after having been driven out of Austin due to the cost of living  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 6 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 11 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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