2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carthage, TN vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Franklin spends 39.9% more per student than Carthage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% higher in Franklin than in Carthage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 11.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carthage
 Carthage, TNFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,122  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3994573
 Students per Counselor499  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Carthage    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Smith County has been my home for 48 years. It is a delight to be from here. We have rivers, lakes, parks, good churches, good people, good schools. It is just an all  More

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Over 18 years ago

carthage Tn has been a wonderful surprise to us after re locating from "up north". I had been reading blogs before coming down here and at least half said that if they  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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