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McKinney, TX vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Bakersfield spends 2.0% more per student than McKinney.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.6% higher in Bakersfield than in McKinney. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bakersfield had 13.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to McKinney
 McKinney, TXBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
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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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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