2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Forest, IL vs Washington, DC

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Highlights
- Washington spends 23.9% more per student than Lake Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.1% lower in Washington than in Lake Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Washington had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Forest
 Lake Forest, ILWashington, DCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,279$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,354$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7964573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%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 Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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