2025 Compare Cities Education:
Crystal Lake, IL vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 29.4% more per student than Crystal Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.3% lower in Lake Forest than in Crystal Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Crystal Lake
 Crystal Lake, ILLake Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,554  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor578  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Crystal Lake    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great area for recreational boating, fishing and biking. Great place to involve your kids as there are lots of opportunities' for football, baseball and dance. For  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have been living here for 12 years. It's a nice community with friendly people, but I hate the weather. It feels like winter is 6 months long with many overcast days,  More

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Over 12 years ago

A nice place to raise a family, but not a lot of diversity. We are looking to move from here and searching in the Colorado  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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