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Franklin, TN vs Athens, AL

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Highlights
- Athens spends 25.7% less per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 95.9% higher in Athens than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Athens had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin

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 Franklin, TNAthens, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,371$9,932$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272$9,000$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,635$5,899$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.7830.9116.23
 Students per Librarian3998824573
 Students per Counselor386588530
 Grade School Educ.1.8%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.6%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%29.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.0%6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.7%0.6%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Athens    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Nice place to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Can anyone comment on the humidity in or around Athens? Is the humidity only high in the summer? What about tornadoes in the  More

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Athens, Alabama is a good place to live. Although, there are few technical jobs there Huntsville is only a 30 minute drive away. Athens is a quiet town and an excellent  More

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