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Santa Barbara, CA vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Franklin spends 20.0% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.9% lower in Franklin than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 8.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara

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 Santa Barbara, CAFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,705$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158$10,272$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,862$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0115.7816.23
 Students per Librarian123873994573
 Students per Counselor539386530
 Grade School Educ.7.2%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%64.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%2.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  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 SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109
ZIPS IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE
37064 37067 37069

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