2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bozeman, MT vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 61.2% more per student than Bozeman.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.5% lower in Lake Forest than in Bozeman. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bozeman
 Bozeman, MTLake Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,384  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.33  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor309  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bozeman    60 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

My family is from the region, two generations back, and I spent both summers and winter holidays there with my grandparents (my parents only moved away in the 1960’s  More

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Over 4 years ago

I will love it more I keep saying they’re  More

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Over 4 years ago

Democrat transplants have turned Bozeman into a fetid rat race. It no longer looks like Montana, nor do the people there act like Montanans. Democrats are turning once  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    4 Reviews

We relocated cross county to Lake Forest about a year ago due to a job change. We looked at nearby communities, within proximity of the work commute (the office is in  More

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Be prepared for a so called upscale town with entitled, overpaid, snooty people from teenagers who sneer at you to adults who look you up and down, who make demands on a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  More

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