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Kearns metro, UT vs Topeka, KS

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Highlights
- Topeka spends 24.6% more per student than Kearns metro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.7% lower in Topeka than in Kearns metro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Topeka had 14.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kearns metro
 Kearns metro, UTTopeka, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,274$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4414573
 Students per Counselor543  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Kearns Metro    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

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Over 17 years ago

Most of the Kearns area was built from the 1950's - 1970's. The schools and houses are old and in need of updating. In the past 10 years, more minorities have moved  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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