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Fairfax, VA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 13.1% less per student than Fairfax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Lake Forest than in Fairfax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfax

Education
 Fairfax, VALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,573$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,083$8,037$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio 23.2116.23

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    15 Reviews

As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 and a half years and it's the worst. There's no way to describe the inherent awful nature of Lake Forest without sounding like I'm exaggerating.  More

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ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676

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