2025 Compare Cities Education:
Petaluma, CA vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 17.4% less per student than Petaluma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.6% lower in Overland Park than in Petaluma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 7.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Petaluma
 Petaluma, CAOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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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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