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Thornton, CO vs Henderson, NV

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Highlights
- Henderson spends 22.8% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% higher in Henderson than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Henderson had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton

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 Thornton, COHenderson, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,840$11,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298$9,498$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,182$5,642$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6721.9316.23
 Students per Librarian10047284573
 Students per Counselor324450530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%4.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%25.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%34.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.8%9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%2.4%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 Henderson    53 Reviews

Lived here for 3 long years. Besides the laziest people in this pathetic work force, the wind in pretty constant all year. 40 mph is not unusual. Due to the lack of  More

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I grew up in this fast growing town and it feels like home. When my family first moved here in 2003, there was empty land and not a lot of people, but now it feels like  More

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We currently live in Henderson and I am less than impressed. We moved here from Washington State, so we're used to really friendly people and courteous drivers. People  More

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ZIPS IN THORNTON, COLORADO
80229 80260 80241 80602
ZIPS IN HENDERSON, NEVADA
89052 89074 89015 89014 89002 89012 89011 89044

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