2026 Compare Cities Education:
Franklin, TN vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Rockford spends 22.6% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Rockford than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockford had 11.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNRockford, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,393$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7954573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 7 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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