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Matthews, NC vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton spends 17.7% more per student than Matthews.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.2% higher in Thornton than in Matthews. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Matthews
 Matthews, NCThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,703  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Matthews    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Matthews is a suburb of Charlotte. It's big advantage over Charlotte is that you are on the edge of the rural areas, and it is safer. Don't expect to save any on taxes  More

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Over 19 years ago

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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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