2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairhope, AL vs Olive Branch, MS

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Highlights
- Olive Branch spends 32.4% less per student than Fairhope.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% lower in Olive Branch than in Fairhope. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olive Branch had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairhope
 Fairhope, ALOlive Branch, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,782$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,640  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9004573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Fairhope    13 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for years cute small eclectic. Liberal for Alabama.   More

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We just moved to Fairhope from California and absolutely love it! For the most part, it’s like minded common sense conservatives close to the bay and lots of shopping.  More

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Beautiful mix of the standard retail within 15 mina, but in our downtown is ecclectic meets "old townMarch of each year Fairhope hosts a mammoth Arts and Artist event  More

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Reviews for Olive Branch    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Olive Branch used to be the perfect small town with large city access, but the city of Memphis became so bad we've been affected tremendously over the past few years.   More

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We moved to Olive Branch, MS in 2002 and have been very pleased with our choice. Housing is less expensive than in the other Memphis Metro areas and with the tax breaks  More

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Over 18 years ago

city struggling to keep up with  More

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