2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Shasta, CA vs Lake Arrowhead, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Arrowhead spends 1.3% less per student than Mount Shasta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.6% higher in Lake Arrowhead than in Mount Shasta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Arrowhead had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Shasta
 Mount Shasta, CALake Arrowhead, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,777  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor600  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.36.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Shasta    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived here for 4 years. Though I love the beauty of the mountain and the surrounding wilderness, I find Mount Shasta very difficult to live in. Food is about 20%  More

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I have lived in Siskiyou County for 24 years and Mount Shasta is by far the most enjoyable place I have lived thus far. It is a very tolerant community and culturally  More

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Reviews for Lake Arrowhead    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Even though there are a huge number of homes on the market, there are still new homes being built and more and more vacant homes. The new homes don't necessarily have  More

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Over 11 years ago

Since the housing prices have declined so much in the area (we bought our home in 2006, now in 2014 we have lost $100,000 in value) I have noticed the crime rate is  More

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Over 17 years ago

The Lake Arrowhead Architectual Committee known as AWAC will make all decisions as to the color of your home. Brown and green appear to be the favorite of AWAC.  More

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