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Lake Forest, CA vs Whittier, CA

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Highlights
- Whittier spends 14.1% more per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.8% lower in Whittier than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Whittier had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest

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 Lake Forest, CAWhittier, 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%5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%27.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%1.6%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 Whittier    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Whittier for over 15 years.Whittier is a great place to live. The City Council has spent millions on street improvements especially on the entrances to  More

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The EWCSD has some really good schools. Management needs some work, but great, caring  More

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I have been a parent at St Gregory for almost 5 years now, I am extremely pleased, the teachers have gone above and beyond to educate our children to the fullest to  More

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ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676
ZIPS IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA
90601 90602 90603

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