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Franklin, TN vs Romeoville, IL

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- Romeoville spends 35.9% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Romeoville than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Romeoville had 11.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNRomeoville, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14914573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%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 Romeoville    7 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Very near to oil refineries; little shopping and quality restaurants. Valley View Schools are not that great. Lot better communities to live. Cheap Housing though  More

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Over 16 years ago

Romeoville, nice small town feel. Very family oriented, great atmosphere to raise a family. It’s with an arms reach of more bustling towns such as Aurora, Naperville,  More

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Over 16 years ago

Romeoville is a short drive to the big city of Chicago with all it has to offer from shopping to museums and theater. Yet there is space for planting a yard and kids to  More

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