2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minneapolis, MN vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 23.1% less per student than Minneapolis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.2% higher in Thornton than in Minneapolis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Minneapolis
 Minneapolis, MNThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Minneapolis    163 Reviews

Lived here since 2007. Great city. I would’ve gave it 5 stars but the winter weather ??. Great for many, I’m burned out on it. We’re the coldest major city in the US and  More

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It’s not Minnesota nice, it’s sardonic.. we know you’re full of **** but we will play along for a while, make you uncomfortable for attempting to pull one over on us..  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Stillwater) for 20 years. Minneapolis is a very livable city. It has quality museums, good transportation, excellent healthcare,  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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