2025 Compare Cities Education:
Franklin, TN vs Bristol, VA

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Highlights
- Bristol spends 0.8% less per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.0% lower in Bristol than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bristol had 9.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNBristol, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,270$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4404573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  More

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