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Madison, WI vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 13.4% less per student than Madison.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 75.8% higher in Lake Forest than in Madison. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Madison

Education
 Madison, WILake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,641$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,473$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,988$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.223.2116.23
 Students per Librarian434163834573
 Students per Counselor415595530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.6%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.5%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.5%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.9%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.9%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Madison    78 Reviews

Unfortunately, a number of these reviews are politically based. Madison remains the only shining star in Wisconsin’s economy. The economy is broadly based, with  More

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Have been living in Madison for almost 3 years. It’s very safe, ppl generally friendly and for a town of its size it has fair number of good restaurants and interesting  More

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Lacks balance and zero accountability.   More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    15 Reviews

As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 and a half years and it's the worst. There's no way to describe the inherent awful nature of Lake Forest without sounding like I'm exaggerating.  More

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ZIPS IN MADISON, WISCONSIN
53711, 53704, 53719, 53703, 53705, 53713, 53716, 53714, 53715, 53718, 13 total
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676

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