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Franklin, TN vs Boone, NC

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Highlights
- Boone spends 15.7% less per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.3% lower in Boone than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boone had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNBoone, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,275$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,728$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9694573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%1.5%
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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Reviews for Boone    15 Reviews

Not sure where they got the rents from. Maybe not updated as there is nowhere to rent in Boone. Unless a student and they are paying $1000+ for 1 bedroom/bath shared  More

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Over 11 years ago

Boone and the High Country's climate is unique to North Carolina and the Southeast. It's cool summers and snowy winters are much more comparable to places much farther  More

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The area is beautiful - living in the Blue Ridge Mountains is gorgeous. But .. the views don't pay the bills. Housing is overpriced. You are better off living  More

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