2025 Compare Cities Education:
Medford, OR vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 5.3% more per student than Medford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.6% higher in Lake Forest than in Medford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Medford
 Medford, ORLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,411  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor907  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Medford    51 Reviews

Our family moved to Medford in early 2017 and we cannot wait to leave. Every summer since we arrived has been filled with oppressive and persistent smoke to the point  More

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My husband and I semi-retired here in 2014 after considering several around the same size in terms of population. We love the four seasons here as well as the gorgeous  More

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We have lived here for 12 years now and find it to be a great place to live. When I read a post that blames Trump for the homeless population and how, "things will be  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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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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