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Overland Park, KS vs Fort Dodge, IA

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Highlights
- Fort Dodge spends 5.3% more per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.6% higher in Fort Dodge than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Dodge had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park

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 Overland Park, KSFort Dodge, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,913$14,653$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650$12,096$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,166$7,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4114.8316.23
 Students per Librarian49914274573
 Students per Counselor409345530
 Grade School Educ.1.3%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%22.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%19.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.1%3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

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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 Fort Dodge    5 Reviews

Corrupt politicians always scheming to funnel public money to wealthy private interests, creating a welfare dependent economy that will be imploding sooner than later,  More

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Having lived here all of my life and having been involved with the community in many ways, I would not recommend that anyone move to FD at this time. About 60% of the  More

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Over 9 years ago

Before moving to the Fort Dodge area please consider other options. The city is a decaying town, streets have definitely seen better days and are filthy. There are not  More

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ZIPS IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
66212 66213 66223 66204 66210 66221 66207 66214 66085
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