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Thornton, CO vs Federal Heights, CO

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Highlights
- Federal Heights spends 0.0% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Federal Heights than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Federal Heights had 20.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton

Education
 Thornton, COFederal Heights, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,840$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298$11,298$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,182$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6718.6716.23
 Students per Librarian100410044573
 Students per Counselor324324530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%14.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%15.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%69.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%17.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%13.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.8%3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%0.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.3%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 Federal Heights    1 Reviews

I am actually just trying to get new housing, rental updates in the mail or  More

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ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602
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