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Mission Viejo, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 0.0% less per student than Mission Viejo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Lake Forest than in Mission Viejo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mission Viejo

Education
 Mission Viejo, CALake Forest, 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.2.9%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.8%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.0%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.9%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.2%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 11 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i don´t know  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 MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA
92691 92692
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676

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