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Richmond, VA vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Franklin spends 13.5% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% higher in Franklin than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 9.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, VAFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,456$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373$10,272$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,210$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4115.7816.23
 Students per Librarian2413994573
 Students per Counselor272386530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.7%95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%14.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.0%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%64.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%2.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  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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