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Lake Forest, CA vs Colorado Springs, CO

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Highlights
- Colorado Springs spends 18.0% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.5% lower in Colorado Springs than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colorado Springs had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest

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 Lake Forest, CAColorado Springs, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$10,295$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2117.0616.23
 Students per Librarian163836214573
 Students per Counselor595274530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%40.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%1.7%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Colorado Springs    198 Reviews

Moved here from san diego. All expenses went up with exception to gas. San diego may not have an affordable housing market, but with all others equal san diego is still  More

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Moved here in the summer from one of the hottest places on earth and my quality of life has gone up dramatically. I can walk outside, there are enormous mountains to  More

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I have been in COS on and off for a couple years, finally making the permanent move several months ago. I have lived in Philly, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Charlotte,  More

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ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676
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80918, 80916, 80909, 80920, 80906, 80917, 80910, 80922, 80923, 80907, 21 total

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