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Thornton, CO vs Green Mountain Falls, CO

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- Green Mountain Falls spends 15.6% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% lower in Green Mountain Falls than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Green Mountain Falls had 8.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COGreen Mountain Falls, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6214573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Green Mountain Falls    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

I lived in a small rental cabin in Green Mountain Falls for three years. I had to hike up a steep hill (with groceries and wash), might have to shovel thigh-high  More

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