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Olive Branch, MS vs Brandon, MS

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Highlights
- Brandon spends 48.7% more per student than Olive Branch.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% lower in Brandon than in Olive Branch. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brandon had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Olive Branch

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 Olive Branch, MSBrandon, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,782$13,055$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,082$9,147$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,894$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4714.0216.23
 Students per Librarian9005884573
 Students per Counselor468419530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.9%95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%26.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%42.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.6%10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%1.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.4%1.5%

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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 Brandon    5 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I have lived in many areas of the country - Portland, Oregon, Scottsdale, Arizona, Memphis, Tennessee, Las Vegas, Nevada. Although Mississippi does not have exposure to  More

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We moved to Brandon 6 years ago. The people here are rude, will run you off the road, and will not let you into traffic no matter what. The High School allows the kids  More

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I moved here 10 years ago and it was the worse mistake in my life. People here are rude and hate outsiders. Common sense is not the norm here but the exception. They all  More

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