2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Oswego, OR vs Overland Park, KS

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- Overland Park spends 25.7% less per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.5% lower in Overland Park than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, OROverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  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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