2024 Compare Cities Education:
Thornton, CO vs Worland, WY

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Highlights
- Worland spends 46.4% more per student than Thornton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.0% lower in Worland than in Thornton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Worland had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thornton
 Thornton, COWorland, WYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,840$21,724$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298$18,704$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,182$11,287$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6711.5816.23
 Students per Librarian10041774573
 Students per Counselor324154530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%92.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%28.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%27.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.8%5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.0%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 4 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 9 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 Worland    4 Reviews

Our family has lived in Worland almost five years and we moved here because of a job transfer. Worland is a great place to live in many respects with both of our  More

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A nice quiet town. We do things our way and don't really like people from other states moving in and attempting to change things. The best policy would be to change your  More

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Over 17 years ago

Worland is a very tight and clicky town. I was born there but I was not raised there long. I left Worland almost 40 years ago and vowed to never return. The economy is  More

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