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Simi Valley, CA vs McKinney, TX

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Highlights
- McKinney spends 4.5% more per student than Simi Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.8% lower in McKinney than in Simi Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- McKinney had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Simi Valley
 Simi Valley, CAMcKinney, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,902$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,140$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8004573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Simi Valley    22 Reviews

I've live in two different neighborhoods since fall of 1996 and depending on the neighborhood you're quality of life experience will vary. The price of housing is such  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Simi Valley for 23 Years. I love it here but due to the cost of living am looking to relocate to another state/City where my money will go further. Simi  More

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Over 16 years ago

simi valley is a very nice place to live within the shadow of the LA metro area. it has low crime and reasonable housing costs with ready access to indoor and outdoor  More

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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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