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Lehi, UT vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 50.9% more per student than Lehi.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.6% lower in Thornton than in Lehi. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lehi
 Lehi, UTThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,485  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor556  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lehi    4 Reviews

Lehi is booming! Many tech companies are moving here. My husband can walk to work. It's amazing! Nice people, clean community. It's a great place to live! Thanksgiving  More

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Over 16 years ago

I really like living here in Lehi, Utah. It is still has a farm feel to it and I am far enough away from everyone to enjoy seeing them once in a while. lol They have  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have lived in Lehi for about 3 years and have been very happy about the town. It is growing like a weed, but it still a pretty small town. It is a great town for  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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