2025 Compare Cities Education:
Franklin Lakes, NJ vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 26.1% less per student than Franklin Lakes.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 73.4% higher in San Jose than in Franklin Lakes. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 14.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin Lakes
 Franklin Lakes, NJSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.75.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Franklin Lakes    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

It is a nice place to live near everything, ranches to multi million dollar home area, near all shopping, major transportation, 30 minutes to New  More

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Over 19 years ago

Franklin Lakes is a very affluent town to live in. The schools are excellent. I highly reccomend living  More

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Reviews for San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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