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Overland Park, KS vs Ellicott City, MD

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- Ellicott City spends 28.7% more per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% higher in Ellicott City than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ellicott City had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park
 Overland Park, KSEllicott City, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.6%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 Ellicott City    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ellicott City has many great  More

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Plenty of jobs in Washington, DC. and Baltimore areas. Low unemployment. Education and recreation is a top priority with most families here. Relatively high standard of  More

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Over 18 years ago

Ellicott City, MD is west of Baltimore City, north of Washington, DC, east of Frederick, MD. We are close to BWI, and DC airports. There are a couple of big malls for  More

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