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McKinney, TX vs Cedar Park, TX

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- Cedar Park spends 15.4% less per student than McKinney.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% lower in Cedar Park than in McKinney. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cedar Park had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to McKinney
 McKinney, TXCedar Park, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,613$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,560$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10934573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Cedar Park    11 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

this is where all the clout twitch streamers live (and round rock) lole. come here to get free viewers  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Cedar Park for more than 10 years .And Cedar park is the best place to live! It is not crowded like Austin, and it is not too small either. To summarize  More

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Over 13 years ago

Cedar Park is a mediocre city, at best. As far as weather, the extremely hot and long summers make the quality of life here next to horrible. Also, contrary to the  More

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