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Seattle, WA vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 30.7% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.6% lower in Overland Park than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle

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 Seattle, WAOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5313.4116.23
 Students per Librarian9894994573
 Students per Counselor455409530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%61.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  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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ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total
ZIPS IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
66212 66213 66223 66204 66210 66221 66207 66214 66085

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