2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, IL vs Ashburn, VA

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Highlights
- Ashburn spends 26.9% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.0% higher in Ashburn than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ashburn had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, ILAshburn, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,858$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6494573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Forest    4 Reviews

We relocated cross county to Lake Forest about a year ago due to a job change. We looked at nearby communities, within proximity of the work commute (the office is in  More

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Be prepared for a so called upscale town with entitled, overpaid, snooty people from teenagers who sneer at you to adults who look you up and down, who make demands on a  More

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Over 15 years ago

Long cold winters, short cold springs, hot humid summers, nice  More

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Reviews for Ashburn    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We’ve lived here for 10 months and it’s not awesome. The housing costs are insane and the yards are postage stamps with apartments and townhomes lining every road and  More

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Over 10 years ago

Ashburn is part of the growing population of Northern Virginia. A planned community, largely built in the 1990's, Ashburn was one of the first developments in eastern  More

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Over 10 years ago

Weather is great, has all four seasons, minor snow fall and mild  More

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