2025 Compare Cities Education:
Corte Madera, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 27.6% less per student than Corte Madera.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.0% higher in Lake Forest than in Corte Madera. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Corte Madera
 Corte Madera, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,962  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor508  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Corte Madera    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Close to the freeway, so easy commute. Beautiful bike/hiking trails and view of Mt Tam. But $4000/mo for a 3 bdrm apartment is a little  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great  More

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Over 19 years ago

Corte Madera has the convenience of shopping and urban lifestyle combined with nature wonderful weather hiking trails bike paths that make the quality of living there  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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