2025 Compare Cities Education:
Upper Arlington, OH vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 17.4% less per student than Upper Arlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.2% lower in Overland Park than in Upper Arlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Upper Arlington
 Upper Arlington, OHOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Upper Arlington    6 Reviews

I have lived in this area my whole life born and raised. It is a beautiful community with beautiful people inside and definitely out. The women are gorgeous and  More

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Over 11 years ago

Upper Arlington is a nice community. I have lived here a great majority of my life. Gone for 4 years to college, and my husband I were gone for 20 in the military.  More

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Hello! I am a resident of Upper Arlington,Ohio. We are located right outside of downtown Columbus and next to The Ohio State University campus. I was born and raised  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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