2024 Compare Cities Education:
Southlake, TX vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 8.8% more per student than Southlake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.1% higher in Thornton than in Southlake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 11.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Southlake
 Southlake, TXThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,644$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,823$11,298$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,972$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.6918.6716.23
 Students per Librarian88910044573
 Students per Counselor365324530
 Grade School Educ.0.1%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%7.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.9%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.3%22.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.7%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.0%29.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.7%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Southlake    7 Reviews

The schools in Southlake Texas mostly receive the highest ratings. THis is a great place to live and a great place to bring up  More

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I am from the Fort Worth, so i have lived in Texas all my life. Southlake is my current home with my wife and 4 boys i can't say enough about the school system. If  More

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I lived in Southlake for over four years. I loved how well planned and attractive the community was and how convenient it was to get to a multitude of nice shopping and  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 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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