2025 Compare Cities Education:
Franklin, TN vs Nashville, TN

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Highlights
- Nashville spends 1.5% less per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.6% higher in Nashville than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nashville had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNNashville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,175$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,449$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8874573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%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 Nashville    150 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Gentification and tourism reduce the score but it is still good mix of a big and small city.  More

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Nashville has a lot of culture, but ultimately it is overpriced and dangerous. I can't imagine buying a $600k house in a neighborhood with automatic gunfire. The home  More

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Nashville has to be the most overrated city in the US. I unfortunately live here and we can't wait to leave. We moved here in 2018 (for job relocation) and realized  More

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