2024 Compare Cities Education:
Olive Branch, MS vs Belton, TX

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Highlights
- Belton spends 63.4% more per student than Olive Branch.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Belton than in Olive Branch. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Belton had 8.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olive Branch
 Olive Branch, MSBelton, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,782$14,352$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,082$9,453$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,894$5,758$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4715.616.23
 Students per Librarian9004654573
 Students per Counselor468342530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%8.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.9%85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%22.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%28.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.6%7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%2.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Olive Branch    4 Reviews

Over 12 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 17 years ago

city struggling to keep up with  More

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Reviews for Belton    3 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in this area for over 20 years. All in all, it's a good place to raise a family. Belton ISD has a good state rating. There is usually some sort of activity  More

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As a substitute teacher for BISD, I have had the opportunity to get to know many of the teachers and administrators, as well as the students. Belton is blessed to have  More

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Belton is a small town near Killeen and Fort Hood (large Army Base). It's economy depends a lot on the base for income so they have a captive audience that they can  More

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