2025 Compare Cities Education:
Berkeley, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 14.1% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.4% higher in Lake Forest than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley
 Berkeley, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  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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