2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Ana, CA vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 2.9% less per student than Santa Ana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.6% lower in Thornton than in Santa Ana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 38.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Ana
 Santa Ana, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Ana    15 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

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Over 15 years ago

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I live in Santa Ana in a crappy economy, everyone is out to get everyone. Everyone is screwing everyone to get business. There are no jobs, most of people in the mid  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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