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Franklin, TN vs Mission Viejo, CA

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Highlights
- Mission Viejo spends 14.3% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.1% higher in Mission Viejo than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mission Viejo had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$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  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 13 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i don´t know  More

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