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Raleigh, NC vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 19.8% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.3% lower in Overland Park than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 5.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh

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 Raleigh, NCOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,618$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,316$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1113.4116.23
 Students per Librarian8294994573
 Students per Counselor300409530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%61.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

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Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total
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66212 66213 66223 66204 66210 66221 66207 66214 66085

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