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McKinney, TX vs Lancaster, PA

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Highlights
- Lancaster spends 29.0% more per student than McKinney.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.8% lower in Lancaster than in McKinney. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lancaster had 12.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to McKinney

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 McKinney, TXLancaster, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,902$19,226$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587$15,226$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,140$9,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.9313.7716.23
 Students per Librarian8004574573
 Students per Counselor405314530
 Grade School Educ.3.8%8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%9.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.8%82.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%15.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.0%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.3%25.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.4%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Mckinney    19 Reviews

Amir · 
Over 2 years ago

Very charming town. This city has been extremely discipline and not trying to keep up with neighboring cities to bring big name outsiders and because of it has tons of  More

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We've lived in McKinney for 8 years. We left California because we knew where it was headed and thankfully ended up in McKinney. We have seen it grow tremendously. We  More

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I have only spent a few days in Mckinney and surrounding area such as Plano prosper Lucas Frisco and down town Dallas. The reason I and my family visited from New York  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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ZIPS IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS
75070 75071 75069
ZIPS IN LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
17603 17602

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