2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, CA vs La Vista, NE

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Highlights
- La Vista spends 3.3% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.5% lower in La Vista than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- La Vista had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, CALa Vista, NEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,776$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,030$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3914573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
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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Reviews for La Vista    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

As a military guy, I lived on both coasts, as well as in the South and Midwest and I have to say Omaha (LaVista) is probably the best city I've lived in. Aside from not  More

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Over 19 years ago

Eastern nebraska seems to always have a good wind  More

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