2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain View, CA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 19.4% less per student than Mountain View.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% lower in Thornton than in Mountain View. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain View
 Mountain View, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain View    15 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

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I've lived here 25 years. Perfect climate. Very central for employment opportunities. Really great schools. 45 min to San Fran, 45 min to Santa Cruz beach. Shoreline  More

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Over 15 years ago

I was born and raised in Mountain View. I used to really like this city, and California. Unfortunately, the city (along with the state) has been over run with high  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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