2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chapin, SC vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 4.8% less per student than Chapin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 73.1% higher in Lake Forest than in Chapin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chapin
 Chapin, SCLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,923  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Chapin    4 Reviews

Excellent schools with superior ratings. Very clean community with a huge lake to use for boating. Ample amount of restaurants to visit that are both good and welcoming  More

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Over 3 years ago

Amazingly beautiful area with some of the kindest residents. 5 star schools and beautiful Lake Murray is our perfect retirement forever place we chose after vacationing  More

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Moved to Chapin, SC officially 7/2017 after the arduous process of having new home plans done - and redone, finalizing the purchase of our property, two moves, split  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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