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Overland Park, KS vs Anderson, SC

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Highlights
- Anderson spends 2.2% less per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% higher in Anderson than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anderson had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park
 Overland Park, KSAnderson, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,600$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,778$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5764573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

James · 

Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 16 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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