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Franklin, TN vs Lynden, WA

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Highlights
- Lynden spends 28.7% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% higher in Lynden than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lynden had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNLynden, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,213$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12124573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Lynden    3 Reviews

Moved from Metro Philadelphia. We looked at 10 communities in the following states Del, Tenn, AZ , PA, Tex, NM, ID, WA. We narrowed it down to two great towns  More

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I've lived all over the country and Washington has some of the unfriendliest and angriest people I've met. I was told to avoid Lynden and move to Bellingham because  More

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I never fully appreciated Lynden until I moved away and came back again. It wasn't until then that I realized what a wonderful, safe and friendly community Lynden really  More

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