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Scottsbluff, NE vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 12.2% more per student than Scottsbluff.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.9% higher in Thornton than in Scottsbluff. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scottsbluff
 Scottsbluff, NEThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,762  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor354  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Scottsbluff    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

scottsbluff is definetly its own world if your from there and raised there managing the ways of any place beyond this panhandle if your not from hear the adapting to the  More

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This town is so afraid of change that it attempts to boycott everything: adult stores, tobacco shops, interstates, etc...I don't know if anyone here has noticed but the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Scottsbluff is a small town, and people here pride themselves on their "small town values." It is a safe place to live, and it is fabulous to not worry about big city  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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