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Thornton, CO vs Little Rock, AR

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Highlights
- Little Rock spends 8.2% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.9% lower in Little Rock than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Little Rock had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COLittle Rock, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,630$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,137$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5454573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%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 Little Rock    59 Reviews

I grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and moved to Little Rock in 2007. I decided to move out of state in 2014, but I definitely enjoyed my time in Little Rock. It is  More

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Little Rock is a city that I thoroughly researched before moving to, but nothing prepared me for the hills! They're even steeper than San Francisco, and they're  More

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After leaving critical reviews for a LOT of different cities, I finally found my home. Before moving to Little Rock, I had researched nearly every medium/big city in the  More

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