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Georgetown, SC vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 12.9% less per student than Georgetown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 79.0% higher in Lake Forest than in Georgetown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Georgetown
 Georgetown, SCLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,058  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor371  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Georgetown    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Georgetown like many nice towns are ruined by the foul smell of these mills that not only polute the air but the water as well. Why there are not controls put on them  More

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Over 18 years ago

I don't live in Georgetown, but spent a few days there on vacation in the summer of 2006. I'd never want to live there because of the disgusting, nauseating smell that  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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