2025 Compare Cities Education:
Edmond, OK vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 52.6% more per student than Edmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.0% higher in Lake Forest than in Edmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Edmond
 Edmond, OKLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,562  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor401  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Edmond    19 Reviews

I moved here from Boulder County Colorado in 2004 and regret ever becoming trapped in this Boring , conservative town . Been stuck working retail here since I don’t  More

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Over 9 years ago

I've lived in Edmond all my life and always had fresh air to breathe. No longer is that the case. We get aerosol spraying of chemicals and heavy metals almost daily from  More

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Over 10 years ago

Too many over 100 degree  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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