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Olive Branch, MS vs Decatur, TN

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- Decatur spends 15.6% more per student than Olive Branch.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% lower in Decatur than in Olive Branch. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 18.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olive Branch
 Olive Branch, MSDecatur, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,155$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,082  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,474$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5004573
 Students per Counselor468  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock76.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Olive Branch    4 Reviews

Over 13 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 18 years ago

city struggling to keep up with  More

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Reviews for Decatur    2 Reviews

We need more places to eat and buy groceries, we are lossing a lot of sale tax money from people going to Athens and other near by  More

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Over 19 years ago

We need a judge who will quit slapping meth cooks and users/sellers on the wrist and putting them back on the street with little fine or jail time or community  More

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