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Puyallup, WA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 19.2% less per student than Puyallup.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% lower in Thornton than in Puyallup. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Puyallup
 Puyallup, WAThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  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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