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Olive Branch, MS vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Rockford spends 86.7% more per student than Olive Branch.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% higher in Rockford than in Olive Branch. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockford had 9.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olive Branch

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 Olive Branch, MSRockford, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,782$16,393$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,082$15,358$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,894$9,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4715.916.23
 Students per Librarian9007954573
 Students per Counselor468524530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%9.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.9%84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%23.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%22.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.6%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%0.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Olive Branch    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Olive Branch used to be the perfect small town with large city access, but the city of Memphis became so bad we've been affected tremendously over the past few years.   More

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We moved to Olive Branch, MS in 2002 and have been very pleased with our choice. Housing is less expensive than in the other Memphis Metro areas and with the tax breaks  More

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Over 17 years ago

city struggling to keep up with  More

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Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 5 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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ZIPS IN OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI
38654
ZIPS IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
61109 61103 61104

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