2024 Compare Cities Education:
Ballston Spa, NY vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Franklin spends 41.1% less per student than Ballston Spa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.5% higher in Franklin than in Ballston Spa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ballston Spa
 Ballston Spa, NYFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,706$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,880$10,272$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,993$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.4715.7816.23
 Students per Librarian7973994573
 Students per Counselor360386530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.8%95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%64.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.5%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.5%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Ballston Spa    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I have lived in Ballston Spa for the last year. The Southside of town is very cute, beautiful homes and friendly people. We bought a house on the Northside. I'm not  More

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Over 18 years ago

Lousy climate, as is most of upstate NY: long cloudy periods, long winters, humid. Cost of living high for what you get. High taxes don't buy much improvement to  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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