2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, IL vs Norcross, GA

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Highlights
- Norcross spends 50.1% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.6% higher in Norcross than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norcross had 19.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, ILNorcross, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Norcross    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

The historic downtown offers a great sense of community place. Traffic is bad, but that's pretty normal for anywhere in the Atlanta metro.  More

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If you've not visited Historic Downtown Norcross, you've no idea about the quality of life in the city limits. True, there is a strong international community along the  More

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Over 16 years ago

There is some type of crime everywhere. I do understand concern with safety and quality of life. I have lived in and know of "nice" heighborhoods where there were  More

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