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Alexandria, VA vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Franklin spends 30.2% less per student than Alexandria.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% higher in Franklin than in Alexandria. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Alexandria

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 Alexandria, VAFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,159$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,099$10,272$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,923$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3115.7816.23
 Students per Librarian12063994573
 Students per Counselor2239386530
 Grade School Educ.4.1%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.3%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.2%64.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.6%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.7%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.8%2.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Alexandria    49 Reviews

Old Town Alexandria is a charming port city, with lovely historic homes, fun restaurants and sweet shops. Its easy proximity to the hustle and bustle of DC offer  More

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Alexandria is different depending on what part of it you are in. There is a huge strata of rich and poor, with a few middle class neighborhoods in between. Old town is  More

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The mailing address in this area is Alexandria, or Engleside. Either way, it's SE Fairfax County between Fort Belvoir and Mount Vernon. The neighborhood has been here  More

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Reviews for Franklin    27 Reviews

After visiting here for a week in the summer, I fell in love with the city! Lots of my friends in Florida already moved here from New Port Richey and Wesley Chapel. I  More

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I've lived in Tennessee all my life. I have lived in west,east and middle Tennessee. By far this is the best place I have lived. We have been in Franklin for 8 years. It  More

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I love that this is a greatly diverse community with a large African American and Hispanic community around West Main St./Nachez (I'm addicted to Pueblo Real Mexican  More

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ZIPS IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
22304 22314 22302 22305 22311 22301
ZIPS IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE
37064 37067 37069

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