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Lake Forest, CA vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 16.9% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.1% lower in Parker than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest

Education
 Lake Forest, CAParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$10,748$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2117.6216.23
 Students per Librarian163839144573
 Students per Counselor595279530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%1.0%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 Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676
ZIPS IN PARKER, COLORADO
80134 80138

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