2025 Compare Cities Education:
Royal Oak, MI vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 2.3% less per student than Royal Oak.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.7% higher in Thornton than in Royal Oak. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Royal Oak
 Royal Oak, MIThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Royal Oak    20 Reviews

Whoever put crime and urban decay as cons for Royal Oak has never been to Royal Oak. It is a very stable and safe suburb with a lot to do and access to many job  More

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Over 14 years ago

Michigan willturn around as soon as they break the bonds with the car companies.  More

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Over 15 years ago

Fun growing  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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