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

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Highlights
- Roswell spends 33.4% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% higher in Roswell than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Roswell had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, ILRoswell, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,267$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,086$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5704573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Roswell    16 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I just moved here from out of state was excited because the area is beautiful, beautiful homes, parks, and schools have great ratings. Everyone seems nice when we are  More

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Over 8 years ago

While the public schools are good, they are constantly being under-funded and classroom sizes are increasing. You can get a decent home for the money here, but the area  More

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Over 8 years ago

We recently relocated (cross country) to Roswell, GA, and our family could not have found a better place. This is a family friendly town, with an abundance of activities  More

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