2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, CA vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 24.0% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.9% lower in Raleigh than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, CARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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