2025 Compare Cities Education:
Olive Branch, MS vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 20.3% more per student than Olive Branch.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.9% higher in Phoenix than in Olive Branch. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 10.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olive Branch
 Olive Branch, MSPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,082  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor468  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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