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Sierra Madre, CA vs Franklin, TN

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- Franklin spends 23.3% less per student than Sierra Madre.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.8% lower in Franklin than in Sierra Madre. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sierra Madre
 Sierra Madre, CAFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3994573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
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 21 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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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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