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Thornton, CO vs Conway, AR

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Highlights
- Conway spends 27.9% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% lower in Conway than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Conway had 7.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COConway, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,697$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,319$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5194573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Conway    13 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have been a resident in Conway most of my life. Conway is a nice college town. The humidity can be really intense at times. Summers can be quite miserable with high  More

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We moved to Conway from the Dallas, Texas area in 2010. Housing is more affordable here in Conway due to the dramatically lower real estate taxes. There are many more  More

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It is young - 26.8 median age It is smart - 3 colleges, 36% of the pop has a college degree It is affordable - 86.3 index It is convenient - 30 minutes from LR.  More

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