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New Orleans, LA vs Overland Park, KS

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- Overland Park spends 31.9% less per student than New Orleans.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.0% lower in Overland Park than in New Orleans. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 10.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Orleans
 New Orleans, LAOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor586  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

James · 

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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