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Costa Mesa, CA vs McKinney, TX

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- McKinney spends 2.5% less per student than Costa Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.7% lower in McKinney than in Costa Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- McKinney had 7.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Costa Mesa
 Costa Mesa, CAMcKinney, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,902$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,140$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8004573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Costa Mesa    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Costa mesa has awesome shopping but is way too crowded and I have had 3 cars stolen in the past 5 years along with countless break-ins and theft. Expensive. Close to  More

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Over 16 years ago

Costa Mesa has a near perfect climate . . . plenty of sun but rarely over 100 degrees (our house doesn't even have AC). Nestled between Newport Beach and Huntington  More

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We have a good amount of low-income, medium-income, and relatively high-income  More

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Reviews for Mckinney    19 Reviews

Amir · 
Over 3 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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