2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, CA vs St. Paul, MN

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Highlights
- St. Paul spends 31.9% more per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.2% lower in St. Paul than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Paul had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, CASt. Paul, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,143$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,276$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12124573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%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 St. Paul    24 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

St Paul is a nice city to live, especially for raising a family. I am a transplant, moving here 33 years ago at the age of 26. I am self employed in the remodeling  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Minnesota my whole life and I’m 50+. As you get older the humidity is unbearable and the mosquitoes seem to get bigger?! I can count on one hand how  More

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Over 8 years ago

The MPA community is the most at home I have ever felt.  More

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