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Lake Forest, CA vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 0.0% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Irvine than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 3.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest

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 Lake Forest, CAIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2123.2116.23
 Students per Librarian16383163834573
 Students per Counselor595595530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%1.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%13.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%68.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%5.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%4.6%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676
ZIPS IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
92620 92618 92612 92604 92602 92614 92606 92603 92617

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