2025 Compare Cities Education:
Leawood, KS vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 6.7% more per student than Leawood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.2% higher in Thornton than in Leawood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leawood
 Leawood, KSThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor409  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.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Leawood    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

We've lived here for 25 years. There aren't many places like it in the US. Many wonderful neighborhoods. Friendly people. Reasonable cost of living. Great weather (  More

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Over 9 years ago

I like how there is a variety of  More

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Over 14 years ago

I'm sorry to differ with you, but I have lived in Leawood for almost 7 years and have been miserable nearly every day. It's either 100 degrees or 10 below...not much in  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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