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Punta Gorda, FL vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton spends 25.0% more per student than Punta Gorda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% higher in Thornton than in Punta Gorda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Punta Gorda
 Punta Gorda, FLThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,619  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor443  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Punta Gorda    15 Reviews

When we were visiting different cities in Florida, we quickly realised that Punta Gorda is the friendliest gulf coast town in south Florida BY FAR! My wife and I bought  More

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I haven't lived in Punta Gorda, so I'm not sure about every nook and cranny of the place, however I did visit for about a month during the winter and about another 2  More

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Over 8 years ago

We have lived here for six years and enjoy it very much. One gets used to the summers but they are uncomfortable. The fishing is pretty good - used to be much better.  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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