2024 Compare Cities Education:
Short Pump, VA vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 8.1% more per student than Short Pump.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.4% lower in Overland Park than in Short Pump. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Short Pump
 Short Pump, VAOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,871$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,642$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,489$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2813.4116.23
 Students per Librarian6674994573
 Students per Counselor360409530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.4%97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.6%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.9%61.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.22.7%18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.3%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Short Pump    1 Reviews

If you come here, be prepared to be looked down on by the "Socialites". Don't get me wrong, I am a life long Virginia native. But this area has some growing up to do.  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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