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Fountain, CO vs McKinney, TX

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Highlights
- McKinney spends 18.9% more per student than Fountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in McKinney than in Fountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- McKinney had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fountain
 Fountain, COMcKinney, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,902$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,295  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,140$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8004573
 Students per Counselor274  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Fountain    4 Reviews

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

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After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

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Over 17 years ago

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More

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Reviews for Mckinney    19 Reviews

Amir · 
Over 4 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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