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Franklin, TN vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 27.7% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.9% higher in Salem than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin

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 Franklin, TNSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,371$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,635$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.7818.4416.23
 Students per Librarian3996454573
 Students per Counselor386353530
 Grade School Educ.1.8%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.6%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.5%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.0%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.7%1.4%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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE
37064 37067 37069
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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