2024 Compare Cities Education:
Bloomington, IL vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 18.0% less per student than Bloomington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% higher in Overland Park than in Bloomington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bloomington
 Bloomington, ILOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,974$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,275$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,416$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1813.4116.23
 Students per Librarian5904994573
 Students per Counselor756409530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.4%61.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 10 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  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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