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Lake Forest, CA vs Friendswood, TX

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Highlights
- Friendswood spends 13.0% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.0% lower in Friendswood than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Friendswood had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest

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 Lake Forest, CAFriendswood, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$13,297$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$9,827$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$5,956$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2115.3216.23
 Students per Librarian1638311064573
 Students per Counselor595409530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%21.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%48.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%3.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%2.4%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 Friendswood    3 Reviews

I grew up here and this is a very safe but maybe considered boring place by some. There are a lot of fun thing close by that you can do. Challenger 7 park, Galveston,  More

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We lived in Friendswood, Texas for over 5 years. Our g-son graduated from high school in 2020 there and we are very pleased with the teacher to student ratio, the  More

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Growing up in Friendswood over the last 40+ years, the changes are apparent every where. My home is where there used to be rice fields and we watched planes crop dust.   More

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ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676
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77546

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