2025 Compare Cities Education:
Matthews, NC vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 93.8% more per student than Matthews.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.3% lower in Lake Forest than in Matthews. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Matthews
 Matthews, NCLake Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,703  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Matthews    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Matthews is a suburb of Charlotte. It's big advantage over Charlotte is that you are on the edge of the rural areas, and it is safer. Don't expect to save any on taxes  More

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Over 19 years ago

Is there segragation in  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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