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Overland Park, KS vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 5.2% less per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.1% higher in Birmingham than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park

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 Overland Park, KSBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,913$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650$11,144$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,166$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4119.3216.23
 Students per Librarian4995474573
 Students per Counselor409417530
 Grade School Educ.1.3%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%28.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.1%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.6%1.5%

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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 Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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ZIPS IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
66212 66213 66223 66204 66210 66221 66207 66214 66085
ZIPS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
35215, 35211, 35205, 35235, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35204, 35207, 35222, 18 total

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