2025 Compare Cities Education:
Overland Park, KS vs Silver Spring, MD

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- Silver Spring spends 41.9% more per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% higher in Silver Spring than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Silver Spring had 10.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park
 Overland Park, KSSilver Spring, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4904573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%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 Silver Spring    18 Reviews

Growing up in Silver Spring, my family and I have been residents for the better part of 25 years. Although some of the development has been great (Discovery Channel, new  More

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What a delightful school! The first time we drove up to the school, our first impression was of the charming shaded playground with wooden structures and surrounding  More

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What a delightful school! The first time we drove up to the school, our first impression was of the charming shaded playground with wooden structures and surrounding  More

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