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Rigby, ID vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 38.7% more per student than Rigby.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% lower in Thornton than in Rigby. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 7.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rigby

Education
 Rigby, IDThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,701$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,000$11,298$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,276$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.7118.6716.23
 Students per Librarian126310044573
 Students per Counselor636324530
 Grade School Educ.0.5%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%7.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.6%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%22.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.28.9%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.1%29.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%1.0%1.5%

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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 4 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 9 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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ZIPS IN RIGBY, IDAHO
83442
ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602

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