2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Overland Park, KS

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- Overland Park spends 0.7% less per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.6% lower in Overland Park than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Over 10 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  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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