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Philadelphia, PA vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Franklin spends 48.3% less per student than Philadelphia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% higher in Franklin than in Philadelphia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 10.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Philadelphia

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 Philadelphia, PAFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$25,843$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,192$10,272$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,842$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0415.7816.23
 Students per Librarian23803994573
 Students per Counselor408386530
 Grade School Educ.5.1%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.6%95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.5%64.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.3%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  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 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
19120, 19111, 19124, 19143, 19134, 19149, 19104, 19148, 19140, 19145, 48 total
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