2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, CA vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 0.9% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.9% lower in Santa Fe than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, CASanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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