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Franklin, TN vs Murfreesboro, TN

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Highlights
- Murfreesboro spends 21.5% less per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% higher in Murfreesboro than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Murfreesboro had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNMurfreesboro, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,496$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,193$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6174573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Murfreesboro    28 Reviews

Murfreesboro is okay, but it does seem like it is somewhat unsavory and there are a disproportionate amount of drug busts. It is a good place for young artists and  More

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I've lived all my life in Chicago, Il and am growing quite tired of the violence and the cost of living. I have been doing research all over the U.S. so I can get me and  More

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Over 10 years ago

Murfreesboro is growing into a little big town. According to Forbes and governing.com, we are now one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. Our city is  More

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