2024 Compare Cities Education:
Salina, KS vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 20.5% less per student than Salina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% higher in Overland Park than in Salina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 3.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Salina
 Salina, KSOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,510$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,165$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,422$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.2513.4116.23
 Students per Librarian7164994573
 Students per Counselor352409530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.5%97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%61.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.6%18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Salina    6 Reviews

I moved here 3 years ago, because I wanted to raise my children in a small town. We lived in a big city with a lot of crime and the some kids were always in trouble. I  More

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Salina in some parts is so wild that there are animals, tutles and skunks I saw at night while dring a beer outside the market near Tony's Pizza factory ownd by the  More

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Over 9 years ago

I was there for almost a whole year. I stayed at the Salina Rescue Mission for free however nothing is really "free". Housing- Salina downtown purports to have cheap  More

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Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

James · 

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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