2024 Compare Cities Education:
Overland Park, KS vs Topeka, KS

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Highlights
- Topeka spends 2.1% less per student than Overland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% lower in Topeka than in Overland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Topeka had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Overland Park
 Overland Park, KSTopeka, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,913$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650$12,364$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,166$7,274$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4112.7916.23
 Students per Librarian4994414573
 Students per Counselor409331530
 Grade School Educ.1.3%3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%5.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%23.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.7%29.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.1%7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.2%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 Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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