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Thornton, CO vs Chino, CA

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Highlights
- Chino spends 1.1% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.8% higher in Chino than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chino had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COChino, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Chino    11 Reviews

I have lived in Chino my whole life, and planned on retiring here one day, until about 10 years ago. Boy did this city change almost overnight. It used to be a safe,  More

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I have lived in Chino my whole life, and planned on retiring here one day, until about 10 years ago. Boy did this city change almost overnight. It used to be a safe,  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have been living in chino since 2010, we bought out first home and now we plan on staying here til we grow old and see all of our grandkids take over watching us, my  More

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