2025 Compare Cities Education:
Murray, KY vs Dallas, TX

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Highlights
- Dallas spends 10.5% more per student than Murray.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% lower in Dallas than in Murray. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dallas had 12.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Murray
 Murray, KYDallas, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,075  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor302  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Murray    11 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

This is a town with 18,000 people and 15 banks. I had the law called on me for sitting at the end of washed out road, essentially a dead end, eating my meal and  More

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Over 13 years ago

I lived in Illinois for twenty years and have not had as many problems as I have had in the past four months living here in murray. There are alot of hateful people that  More

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Ive lived in murry for 5 years. Originally from Southern California. People say there is nothing to do in Murray. Well, if your looking for someone to entertain you  More

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Reviews for Dallas    228 Reviews

I seldom review anything but I was inspired by reading the other Dallas reviews to add my two cents. I’ve been here since 2015 and we hope to leave when we can get jobs  More

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I have lived in Dallas, as well as areas around the Dallas Metroplex, for over 20 years. With that said, what I have seen in that time, has not been overly pleasing; and  More

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There is only one thing I found to be relatively good in this city: upscale restaurants. The food is tasty but only in upscale restaurants, I am vegan, and still found  More

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