2025 Compare Cities Education:
Olive Branch, MS vs Lake Station, IN

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Highlights
- Lake Station spends 48.6% more per student than Olive Branch.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% higher in Lake Station than in Olive Branch. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Station had 15.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olive Branch
 Olive Branch, MSLake Station, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,082  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor468  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Lake Station    1 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Crime especially murders has skyrocketed. Watch your back everywhere. Pumping gas one day. Black guy comes over and ask if I have 20 dollars and shows me his pistol on  More

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