2024 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, CA vs Monterey, CA

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Highlights
- Monterey spends 0.6% more per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% lower in Monterey than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Monterey had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, CAMonterey, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$13,156$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2121.7316.23
 Students per Librarian16383289524573
 Students per Counselor595526530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%3.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%54.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%18.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%3.3%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 Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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