2025 Compare Cities Education:
Harrisonburg, VA vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Franklin spends 7.0% less per student than Harrisonburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% higher in Franklin than in Harrisonburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 14.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisonburg
 Harrisonburg, VAFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3994573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 16 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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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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