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Thornton, CO vs Carmel, IN

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- Carmel spends 5.6% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% lower in Carmel than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carmel had 11.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COCarmel, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,006$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,415$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7934573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%1.5%
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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Reviews for Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Over 10 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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