2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Jordan, UT vs Thornton, CO

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Highlights
- Thornton spends 35.7% more per student than West Jordan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% lower in Thornton than in West Jordan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thornton had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Jordan
 West Jordan, UTThornton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor543  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for West Jordan    10 Reviews

I have lived in the same house here for 20 years. There are definitely pros and cons. Pros; you can pretty much shop for whatever you need/want with a 20 minute drive in  More

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Over 11 years ago

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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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