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Franklin, TN vs Sierra Madre, CA

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Highlights
- Sierra Madre spends 30.3% more per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.5% higher in Sierra Madre than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sierra Madre had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNSierra Madre, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%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 Sierra Madre    2 Reviews

Sierra Madre is a great place to live if you enjoy a small town atmosphere while being close to the vibrancy of a big city. It has nice restaurants, boutique shops and  More

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Over 20 years ago

Sierra Madre is still much a 1950's town. We still help out our neighbors, we have block parties to get acquained with new neighbors, and it's just a happy, friendly  More

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