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Menomonee Falls, WI vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton spends 0.3% more per student than Menomonee Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.4% higher in Thornton than in Menomonee Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Menomonee Falls
 Menomonee Falls, WIThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,133  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor501  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Menomonee Falls    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Great little village located just northwest of Milwaukee, WI. Real country feel, but close to all city conveniences - shopping, entertainment, and airport plus only 10  More

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Over 16 years ago

Cold Winters (too long), very cool wet Springs (too long), short mild Summers (too short), pleasant Autumn. Global warming has missed us (July 1, 2009 high temperature  More

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Over 17 years ago

The Milwaukee area has a true four season climate with each season being significant in length and very different. If there is a downfall, it is that Spring is late  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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