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Franklin, TN vs Grand Rapids, MI

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Highlights
- Grand Rapids spends 9.7% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.7% higher in Grand Rapids than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Rapids had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNGrand Rapids, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,664$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,936$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

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