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Thornton, CO vs Parachute, CO

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- Parachute spends 7.3% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.6% lower in Parachute than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parachute had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COParachute, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Parachute    2 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

The water rating is wrong. This water is not drinkable. I will not give it to my dog. I hate to think what it's doing to my skin and  More

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In my opinion, the Parachute area is not that great. There is nothing to do anywhere near here. I moved out here thinking I could just drive to Denver now and then to  More

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