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Thornton, CO vs Windsor, CO

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Highlights
- Windsor spends 13.3% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.1% lower in Windsor than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Windsor had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COWindsor, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,873$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,749$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7364573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%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 Windsor    10 Reviews

All of the good reviews on this site were written 5-10 years ago when the town was still nice. Our city officials have allowed uncontrolled growth with no respect for  More

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Over 6 years ago

I've lived here for about seven years, which is much too long to be suffering in a place like this. It has all the conservative features of Greeley but none of its  More

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Over 11 years ago

The town of Windsor is still horrid. I grew up and went K-10th in Windsor in the 70's and 80's and graduated in Loveland. Nothing has changed with Windsor since then  More

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