2024 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, CA vs Walnut, CA

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Highlights
- Walnut spends 14.1% more per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.8% lower in Walnut than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Walnut had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, CAWalnut, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,277$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,037$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.2121.8616.23
 Students per Librarian1638365654573
 Students per Counselor595380530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%2.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.0%93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%15.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.7%55.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%11.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%3.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%1.4%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 Walnut    3 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for nearly seven years ...First - This is  More

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Over 16 years ago

Nice place to raise family. Excellent Schools and great  More

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Over 18 years ago

It is way too expensive here! A one bedroom apartment is about 1200 / month here and houses average $500,000 for a "fixer upper". Great schooll district and very nice  More

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