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Waco, TX vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 34.9% more per student than Waco.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 69.9% higher in Lake Forest than in Waco. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 11.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waco

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 Waco, TXLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,324$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,306$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,185$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6623.2116.23
 Students per Librarian1328163834573
 Students per Counselor333595530
 Grade School Educ.6.6%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.6%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.8%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.7%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Waco    20 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This town is a nightmare for all nearby towns or people passing through. Expect to add an hour to your trip if you're passing through. Traffic. Traffic traffic.  More

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Best city in Texas when you count traffic, housing cost, eateries, Baylor Bear sports, largest urban lake in Texas, Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, Texas Sports Hall of  More

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i was raised in waco tx and recently moved to country to get away from the drama and crime associated w living in waco.But it seems now the city of Waco has purchased  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 WACO, TEXAS
76706 76708 76712 76710 76707 76711 76704 76701 76798
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676

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