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Mountain City, TN vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Franklin spends 27.6% more per student than Mountain City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% higher in Franklin than in Mountain City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 32.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain City
 Mountain City, TNFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,020  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3994573
 Students per Counselor828  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.16.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain City    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Mountain City is perfectly located in one of the most beautiful areas in the country. The people are very friendly, cost of living is great, and the scenary is  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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