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Garden City, SC vs McKinney, TX

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Highlights
- McKinney spends 19.2% more per student than Garden City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% higher in McKinney than in Garden City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- McKinney had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden City
 Garden City, SCMcKinney, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,902$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,111  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,140$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8004573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Garden City    1 Reviews

My husband and our 2 little ones packed up and moved from Myrtle Beach to Solon, Ohio in 2013 for a job offer but after 3 very lonely years we are coming home. Life  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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