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Lake Forest, CA vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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Highlights
- Thousand Oaks spends 6.7% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Thousand Oaks than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thousand Oaks had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest

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 Lake Forest, CAThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$12,066$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2124.0216.23
 Students per Librarian16383291284573
 Students per Counselor595454530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%19.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%49.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%2.9%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 Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676
ZIPS IN THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA
91320 91360 91362 91361

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