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McKinney, TX vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 12.1% more per student than McKinney.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.7% higher in Santa Barbara than in McKinney. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to McKinney

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 McKinney, TXSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,902$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,140$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.9321.0116.23
 Students per Librarian800123874573
 Students per Counselor405539530
 Grade School Educ.3.8%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.8%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.0%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.3%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.4%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%3.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Mckinney    19 Reviews

Amir · 
Over 2 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 Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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ZIPS IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS
75070 75071 75069
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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