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Lake San Marcos, CA vs Garden Grove, CA

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- Garden Grove spends 6.6% less per student than Lake San Marcos.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% higher in Garden Grove than in Lake San Marcos. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Garden Grove had 21.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake San Marcos
 Lake San Marcos, CAGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
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Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews
David · Garden Grove, CA
Nice place to live. Expensive, like all of SoCal.
Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Bandar · San Francisco, CA
A Safe and Boring Town
Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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nhatnguyen  · Garden Grove, CA
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Over 13 years ago

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