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McKinney, TX vs Foster City, CA

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Highlights
- Foster City spends 34.8% more per student than McKinney.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.6% higher in Foster City than in McKinney. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Foster City had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to McKinney
 McKinney, TXFoster City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%1.5%
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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Reviews for Foster City    4 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Built on lagoons, great climate, good schools, lots of soccer and other sports for kids, plenty of parking and  More

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Over 18 years ago

A great city to raise a family, safe, great weather around the year, good schools and plenty of recreation. But only if you can afford the hight cost of  More

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Landlords are able to command and receive high rent due to the following attributes: safety, weather and cleanliness of Foster City. The lagoon, waterways and gardens  More

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