2025 Compare Cities Education:
Franklin, TN vs West Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- West Lafayette spends 1.0% less per student than Franklin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.9% lower in West Lafayette than in Franklin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Lafayette had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Franklin
 Franklin, TNWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6234573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock14.5%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 West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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