2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, IL vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 46.0% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.5% higher in Birmingham than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, ILBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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