2025 Compare Cities Education:
Franklin, TN vs Johnson City, TN

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Highlights
- Johnson City spends 25.0% less per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% lower in Johnson City than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Johnson City had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNJohnson City, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,032$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,961$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3614573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.2%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 Johnson City    15 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

There are many things to do if you’re the outdoors type .Closest beach is about 5hrs away. There’s medium range of shopping. It does not have high end retail. Most  More

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I've been fortunate to live all over the world, but privileged to have been born in East Tennessee. I live here now, and it has the perfect mix of small town  More

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I’ve lived near here all my life, moved here in 2015. I love this area!! Great people with great attitudes!! Excellent shopping with lots of restaurants, but low  More

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