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Franklin, TN vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Philadelphia spends 93.3% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.7% lower in Philadelphia than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Philadelphia had 9.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,843$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23804573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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