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Overland Park, KS vs Bow, NH

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- Bow spends 49.1% more per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% lower in Bow than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bow had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park
 Overland Park, KSBow, NHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,744$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,186$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3004573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Bow    4 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

NH in general and Bow specifically is the last place you want to live. The taxes are extremely high and you get nothing for them. Like all of NH every little town has  More

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After spending 20 years in the USAF, I was very happy to relocate to Bow, NH. I evaluated all the places I could live in the world, and settled on Bow for numerous  More

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Over 16 years ago

A great place to raise a family .One of the best school systems in NH.Nice country setting but not far away from the capitol. A hour away from the beach or the  More

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