2026 Compare Cities Education:
McKinney, TX vs Memphis, TN

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Highlights
- Memphis spends 18.0% less per student than McKinney.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% higher in Memphis than in McKinney. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Memphis had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to McKinney
 McKinney, TXMemphis, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,225$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,030$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9584573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%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 Memphis    148 Reviews

I was mugged my very first night in Memphis. They tried to take my iPhone. I was walking only a block from my house in a "safe" area, too.  More

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Memphis is a city with a history of civil rights, slavery , blues and rockn'roll music. It's a great place for a weekend getaway. This city has lots of great things to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Do you like being panhandled every 30 seconds? Love that cool ambiance of gangs? Are drugs your thing? Then you will love Memphis. Had good times here in the 90’s, the  More

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