2025 Compare Cities Education:
Franklin, TN vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- Rapid City spends 22.7% less per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% lower in Rapid City than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rapid City had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNRapid City, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,333$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,774$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10444573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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