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Thornton, CO vs Englewood, CO

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Highlights
- Englewood spends 2.6% more per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% lower in Englewood than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Englewood had 5.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton

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 Thornton, COEnglewood, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,840$15,228$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298$12,429$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,182$7,402$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6717.6816.23
 Students per Librarian100417764573
 Students per Counselor324353530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%4.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%20.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%44.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.8%11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%2.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%1.4%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Englewood    4 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

I took a job there myself last year, but now moved again for work back in CA. The proximity to the Mountains is hard to beat, along with all the city stuff to do. The  More

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Englewood is a sprawling suburb of Denver that only seems to exist because the U.S. Postal Service says it does. While there is (I think) an Englewood city hall  More

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Over 18 years ago

Englewood's location is great. Close enough to Denver to experience the city and not too far out in suburbia. There is a large variety of communities in and around  More

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ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602
ZIPS IN ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
80113 80110

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