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Wilmington, NC vs McKinney, TX

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Highlights
- McKinney spends 21.1% more per student than Wilmington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% higher in McKinney than in Wilmington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- McKinney had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilmington
 Wilmington, NCMcKinney, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,902$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,597  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,140$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8004573
 Students per Counselor282  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Wilmington    71 Reviews

I was born here and I will update more at a later time. First and most important, teh average cost of a 1br apt in Wilmington is approximately $1,800. Rentals have  More

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I think that a lot has changed since covid for this city and will continue to keep changing with our insane economy. But I was born and raised in Wilmington and have  More

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Scotty · 

Wilmington NC was once a wonderful city filled with Southern charm, history, safety and natural beauty. Recently that has been replaced by erasing everything Southern or  More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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