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Ann Arbor, MI vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 4.6% less per student than Ann Arbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.0% higher in Lake Forest than in Ann Arbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ann Arbor
 Ann Arbor, MILake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor503  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ann Arbor    49 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Highly educated city. traffic and parking is bad. university culture is nice, not sure about elsewhere. no good pizza! if you're looking for food, I recommend "a taste  More

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Uh, compared to my other favorite college towns this one lacks flavor. Safer and kinda pretty, but not the greenest place, it's fine. Good restaurants, music, art,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Ann Arbor bus service (AATA) is quite good. The Detroit Metro Airport is only a 20 min. drive away and is also quite good. The traffic in Ann Arbor is usually mild  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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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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