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Athens-Clarke County, GA vs Franklin, TN

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- Franklin spends 11.3% less per student than Athens-Clarke County.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.1% lower in Franklin than in Athens-Clarke County. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens-Clarke County
 Athens-Clarke County, GAFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,771  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3994573
 Students per Counselor283  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  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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