2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, IL vs Santa Fe, NM

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Highlights
- Santa Fe spends 38.1% less per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.1% higher in Santa Fe than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Fe had 9.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, ILSanta Fe, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,510$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14984573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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