2025 Compare Cities Education:
Thornton, CO vs Oklahoma City, OK

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Highlights
- Oklahoma City spends 32.5% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.9% higher in Oklahoma City than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oklahoma City had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COOklahoma City, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,014$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,964$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Oklahoma City    78 Reviews

Very high tornado risk  More

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I have lived in this state for 6 months. There are a couple of things to bear in mind when it comes to OK. If you are moving from a state that has been destroyed by  More

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We moved here after living in Oregon our whole lives. Been here for 6 months and live in a middle class neighborhood. If I'm out front of the house someone was always  More

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