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Lake Forest, CA vs Overland Park, KS

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Highlights
- Overland Park spends 8.9% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.2% lower in Overland Park than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Overland Park had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest

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 Lake Forest, CAOverland Park, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$11,650$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2113.4116.23
 Students per Librarian163834994573
 Students per Counselor595409530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%61.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%4.1%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 Overland Park    38 Reviews

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Wasted 20 yrs living here, a lot of people want out but get trapped once they have families, I consider myself lucky and happy to have left this dump. This place is  More

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Overland Park is family Utopia. If you want a good place to raise your family with above average to great public schooling then OP is the place for you. Housing is a  More

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We visited Overland Park and a very nice place. I was also told that Overland Park is also one of the most expensive cities to live in the US. In looking at the water  More

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ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676
ZIPS IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
66212 66213 66223 66204 66210 66221 66207 66214 66085

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