2026 Compare Cities Education:
Franklin, TN vs San Rafael, CA

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Highlights
- San Rafael spends 57.9% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.7% higher in San Rafael than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Rafael had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNSan Rafael, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,450$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock41414573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%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.  Unlock13.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 16 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  More

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