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Overland Park, KS vs Signal Mountain, TN

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Highlights
- Signal Mountain spends 18.9% less per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% higher in Signal Mountain than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Signal Mountain had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park
 Overland Park, KSSignal Mountain, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,280$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,730$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6554573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.8%1.5%
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 Signal Mountain    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Safe, totally non diverse though (99% white), schools are ok but most people here use private schools anyway which tells you that this is an exclusive place in general  More

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We have had a great experience in Signal Mountain, people have been very polite and not nosy at all. The air is clean, there is an extremely low crime rate. Summers  More

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Over 14 years ago

Very nice community on top of Walden's Ridge. Approximately 7,500 people living in both small village/country-side environment. Excellent schools - elementary through  More

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