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Oak Lawn, IL vs Park Forest, IL

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- Park Forest spends 0.0% less per student than Oak Lawn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Park Forest than in Oak Lawn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Park Forest had 3.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Lawn

Education
 Oak Lawn, ILPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,907$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508$18,508$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,567$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9713.9716.23
 Students per Librarian148014804573
 Students per Counselor481481530
 Grade School Educ.5.6%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.0%92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%29.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.1%27.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.6%9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Oak Lawn    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Have lived in Oak Lawn most of my life, and its right on the perimeter of Chicago. Actually living in Oak Lawn is basically like living in Chicago but with a smaller  More

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Over 16 years ago

I have lived here most of my life. Its a nice town central to shopping, dining, and the metra train. Its only about a 30 minute drive to down-town Chicago (not  More

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Reviews for Park Forest    4 Reviews

I'm happy to share that it IS coming back. I'm very thankful we found this community. Our family (husband, wife, 1 young child) recently bought our a little house here  More

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Park Forest is beautiful, but it's going down. You can see tons of green, an excellent library, but also plenty of vacant buildings. In its hay day, it must have been  More

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Over 11 years ago

No disrespect to the remaining officials and friends from my upbringing; but, leave town. I read how Park forest continues to fight off urban decay. It's simply a  More

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