2026 Compare Cities Education:
Arlington, WA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 13.8% less per student than Arlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.7% higher in Lake Forest than in Arlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Arlington
 Arlington, WALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor420  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Arlington    4 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Arlington is a nice area, however the property taxes are very high. We built a home here in 2015 . The home is similar to the one we lived in in Arlington's "twin" city  More

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Arlington is north of Seattle. Like the entire Greater Seattle area, the quality of life is easy going. The weather is generally gentle all year long. A little snow in  More

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Over 17 years ago

We live on the West side of I-5, area known as Smokey Point/Lakewood/7 Lakes. As do several other family members. The area still has a very rural feeling without driving  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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