2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portsmouth, NH vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 36.9% less per student than Portsmouth.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% higher in Overland Park than in Portsmouth. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portsmouth
 Portsmouth, NHOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,034  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor210  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Portsmouth    7 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I was up in Portsmouth a couple years ago visiting from Florida. I loved how I was able to prk the car, get out and have numerous bars/restaurants, clothing stores, etc  More

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Over 16 years ago

Portsmouth is full of history, art, interesting shops, restaurants and the best  More

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Over 18 years ago

Portsmouth is a beautiful historic town settled right on the seacoast. Excellent restaurants, great cafes and shops, and picturesque streets make this a wonderful city  More

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Reviews for Overland Park    38 Reviews

James · 

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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