2025 Compare Cities Education:
Atchison, KS vs Topeka, KS

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- Topeka spends 3.4% more per student than Atchison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.7% higher in Topeka than in Atchison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Topeka had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Atchison
 Atchison, KSTopeka, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,256  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,274$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio9.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4414573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Atchison    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Great Place to live! Story-book!  More

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A wonderful example of a town forcefully driven without a purpose. Set up as a perfect sleeper suburb of Kansas City, they have sabotaged themselves with short-sighted  More

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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

Loretta Lynn says that in  More

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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 7 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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