2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, IL vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 39.3% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.7% higher in Thornton than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, ILThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Forest    4 Reviews

We relocated cross county to Lake Forest about a year ago due to a job change. We looked at nearby communities, within proximity of the work commute (the office is in  More

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Be prepared for a so called upscale town with entitled, overpaid, snooty people from teenagers who sneer at you to adults who look you up and down, who make demands on a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  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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