2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mansfield, TX vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 79.1% more per student than Mansfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.7% lower in Lake Forest than in Mansfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 4.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mansfield
 Mansfield, TXLake Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,823  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Mansfield    15 Reviews

I lived in Mansfield for over 15 years. Now it's so crowded, poor infrastructure, slow trash pick up and house are being built on top of each other. Now they are trying  More

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Over 4 years ago

Be careful moving to this town, they build new houses and schools very close to active gas wells. Over 50 active gas wells in this town, some homes are few hundred feet  More

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Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Mansfield about 18 years. It has grown a lot but I believe they’re doing pretty good with keeping up with the number of people except possibly the traffic  More

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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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