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Overland Park, KS vs Great Bend, KS

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Highlights
- Great Bend spends 5.9% more per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% lower in Great Bend than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Great Bend had 13.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park

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 Overland Park, KSGreat Bend, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,913$14,734$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650$13,983$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,166$9,488$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4112.8316.23
 Students per Librarian4994474573
 Students per Counselor409693530
 Grade School Educ.1.3%5.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%9.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%84.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%20.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.1%2.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%0.4%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 Great Bend    4 Reviews

I've lived in Great Bend my entire life. Most small towns struggle with new businesses and industry. But life is what you make it. We have excellent schools and a low  More

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Over 16 years ago

I have lived here most of my life and have seen many opportunities for Bussiness Growth to help the economy and in 40+ years have not seen much if any growth to boost  More

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Over 16 years ago

Great Bend's economy is failing. There are no jobs and nothing new coming to town. This town is shrinking. The small town cost of living is great, but only if you can  More

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