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Thornton, CO vs Woodland Park, CO

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- Woodland Park spends 11.7% less per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.2% lower in Woodland Park than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Woodland Park had 13.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COWoodland Park, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,097$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,830$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3444573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%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 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 Woodland Park    4 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I think the state January low temperature reading of 3 degrees is way too low. Most other weather services report the January low, at about 10 degrees warmer which would  More

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Over 7 years ago

We've lived here for 15 years and love it. Our new neighbors, who moved here a year ago from Virginia, refer to it as "Paradise." We like the clean air and sunshine.   More

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Over 9 years ago

I still like Woodland Park, CO and despite the fact that I went through a terrible divorce there, its a beautiful and quaint little place to live. You do need some  More

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