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Des Moines, IA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 6.9% more per student than Des Moines.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.5% higher in Lake Forest than in Des Moines. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 6.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Des Moines

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 Des Moines, IALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,293$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,894$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,373$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.5323.2116.23
 Students per Librarian799163834573
 Students per Counselor362595530
 Grade School Educ.6.5%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.1%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.1%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.2%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Des Moines    53 Reviews

Des Moines is a ok and pretty quiet place but as a teen it could be dramatic because Des Moines do have is fair or violents places to avoid in Des Moines would be the  More

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Over 4 years ago

This city is violent, there are too many gangs especially on the north  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good for the old that like slow pace and cheap buffets. Also good for non-descript mid-westerners that don't like a lot of action. No nightlife or mountains to hike  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    15 Reviews

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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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 and a half years and it's the worst. There's no way to describe the inherent awful nature of Lake Forest without sounding like I'm exaggerating.  More

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ZIPS IN DES MOINES, IOWA
50317, 50315, 50310, 50320, 50313, 50316, 50312, 50311, 50314, 50321, 12 total
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676

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