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Thornton, CO vs Winter Springs, FL

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Highlights
- Winter Springs spends 33.2% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.9% higher in Winter Springs than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Winter Springs had 9.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COWinter Springs, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,272$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock66734573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 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 Winter Springs    4 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

To look at Winter Springs you would think it was the All American, Ozzie and Harriet type community. The crime rate is low and the neighbors are friendly. Most of the  More

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I have lived in Winter Springs 3 times in the past 8 years and I have to agree with a couple of things and I will give you my feeling about the area. Nice schools, nice  More

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I agree that this is a nice, little city to live and raise kids in...if you're rich. However, if you're a teacher, you're not going to make enough money to buy a home in  More

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