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Lake Forest, CA vs Lakewood, CA

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Highlights
- Lakewood spends 14.1% more per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.8% lower in Lakewood than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lakewood had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest

Education
 Lake Forest, CALakewood, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2121.8616.23
 Students per Librarian1638365654573
 Students per Counselor595380530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%4.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%24.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%32.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%0.7%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 Lakewood    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Lakewood has a great sport  More

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Over 12 years ago

I've lived in Lakewood for 23 1/2 yrs and absolutely love "my" city. It is a good sized city with a small town feel. We have many beautiful parks available, great  More

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Over 15 years ago

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ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676
ZIPS IN LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA
90712 90713 90715

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