2025 Compare Cities Education:
Olive Branch, MS vs Grand Prairie, TX

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- Grand Prairie spends 50.0% more per student than Olive Branch.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% lower in Grand Prairie than in Olive Branch. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Prairie had 12.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olive Branch
 Olive Branch, MSGrand Prairie, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,082  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9714573
 Students per Counselor468  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Grand Prairie    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

If you are a black man, DON'T BELIEVE THE Texas HYPE, GET A JOB FIRST, GET A JOB FIRST!!! have lots of money, start a business if you can. Why? because there are many  More

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Over 14 years ago

Nice senior  More

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Over 17 years ago

I'm from Pennsylvania and we are thinking about moving to Grand Prairie or Plano. The one thing that bothers me is the crime rate in grand prairie. If anyone could give  More

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