2026 Compare Cities Education:
Thornton, CO vs Webb City, MO

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Highlights
- Webb City spends 31.2% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.8% lower in Webb City than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Webb City had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COWebb City, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,205$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,094$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4754573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 6 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 11 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 Webb City    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Very nice city to live with low crime. I love it here. Very flat but it is the transportation capital of the  More

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Over 17 years ago

- Low Rent and Cheap Real Estate - Extreme Weather (hot in summer, cold in winter) - High Utilities - Friendly People & Sense of Community - Good Curriculum/Programs  More

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