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Thornton, CO vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 15.3% more per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% lower in Olympia than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 8.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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