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Janesville, WI vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 45.9% more per student than Janesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% higher in Lake Forest than in Janesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Janesville

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 Janesville, WILake Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,754$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,432$20,875$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,307$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2213.5616.23
 Students per Librarian69010054573
 Students per Counselor382592530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%0.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.5%99.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%10.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.7%3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.2%81.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.5%25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%12.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%4.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Janesville    12 Reviews

Beautiful City - on an Ice Age Trail. I moved here during the Covid thing so it is hard to tell how friendly people are. The government seems closed - encouraged by  More

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My Wife and I have lived here for the last 2 years. Janesville is the pit of Hell. Nothing to do here, especially during the winter time. Closest places are 45 min to  More

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Janesville has pros and cons to living here depending on what is important to you. Janesville has a cheap cost of living and liberal-below average schools. Since you can  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 14 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  More

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ZIPS IN JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
53546 53545 53548
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
60045

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