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Overland Park, KS vs Sparks, NV

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Highlights
- Sparks spends 2.1% less per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.4% higher in Sparks than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sparks had 12.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park

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 Overland Park, KSSparks, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,913$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650$9,842$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,166$5,562$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4116.1416.23
 Students per Librarian4994914573
 Students per Counselor409336530
 Grade School Educ.1.3%6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%7.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%85.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%25.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%24.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.1%6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%1.1%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 Sparks    14 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Nice place to live. Lots of events, recreation, and  More

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LOVE it! Fifth generation Reno/Sparks native. Paternal great grandparents born and raised in Reno. Sparks has an old fashioned home town feeling. I love Sparks! Great  More

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Over 16 years ago

Do not listen to the Californian. Sparks has all 4 seasons. It does snow here but the snow is very wet and melts quickly and it does not snow six months out of the year.  More

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ZIPS IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
66212 66213 66223 66204 66210 66221 66207 66214 66085
ZIPS IN SPARKS, NEVADA
89436 89431 89434

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