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Topeka, KS vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 2.1% more per student than Topeka.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Overland Park than in Topeka. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Topeka

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 Topeka, KSOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,626$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,364$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,274$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7913.4116.23
 Students per Librarian4414994573
 Students per Counselor331409530
 Grade School Educ.3.3%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.5%97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.3%61.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.4%18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  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 TOPEKA, KANSAS
66614, 66604, 66605, 66606, 66607, 66610, 66611, 66609, 66616, 66608, 14 total
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66212 66213 66223 66204 66210 66221 66207 66214 66085

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