Olathe
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Outdoors in Olathe
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How Olathe ranks
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Housing in Olathe
The typical Olathe home is worth about $435,000, up 4.9% in a year, 74% above the Kansas typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Olathe
Safety Grade B-
Olathe reports less crime per resident than 52% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Olathe
Health Grade A
Healthier than 88% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Kansas
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 9 are too close to call.
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Schools in Olathe
All Olathe schools →School Grade A-
The public schools Olathe’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within KS. Ratings are from neighbors.