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Powder Springs, GA vs Olive Branch, MS

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Highlights
- Olive Branch spends 36.7% less per student than Powder Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% higher in Olive Branch than in Powder Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olive Branch had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Powder Springs

Education
 Powder Springs, GAOlive Branch, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,877$8,782$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,675$8,082$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,686$4,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4715.4716.23
 Students per Librarian5379004573
 Students per Counselor376468530
 Grade School Educ.3.7%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%92.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%27.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.1%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.0%27.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.3%7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%0.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.2%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Powder Springs    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have spent over a decade living in Powder Springs and if you take anything from my review let it be it's a great place to live if you have money and are Caucasian but  More

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Over 18 years ago

Too many cars, too few direct routes, too few left turn lanes. The traffic here is bad just about all the time, not just "rush hour". Going to the YMCA can be a  More

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Over 19 years ago

Powder Springs is great! It's a wonderful place to raise a family. Good schools, incredibly cheap housing, cute, with an old-south charm. The people are remarkably  More

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Reviews for Olive Branch    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Olive Branch used to be the perfect small town with large city access, but the city of Memphis became so bad we've been affected tremendously over the past few years.   More

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We moved to Olive Branch, MS in 2002 and have been very pleased with our choice. Housing is less expensive than in the other Memphis Metro areas and with the tax breaks  More

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Over 17 years ago

city struggling to keep up with  More

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30127
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