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Thornton, CO vs Crestone, CO

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- Crestone spends 98.6% more per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.0% lower in Crestone than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crestone had 13.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COCrestone, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$29,470$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,959$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10734573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock100.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock0.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock0.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Crestone    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The small town of Crestone, Co is a strange amalgam of Buddhism, ranching culture, Hinduism and a hippie vibe. Somehow, all of these different influences have  More

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I've been coming to Crestone my entire life as my grandparents had a home here in the 1960s. I have great memories from those days...the town was friendly and clean and  More

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Over 9 years ago

With less than 200 people, its hard to create a life here. It's a gorgeous place and people are friendly, yet I could not seem to meet any reliable people. Crestone  More

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