2025 Compare Cities Education:
Palm Desert, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 0.1% less per student than Palm Desert.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% lower in Lake Forest than in Palm Desert. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Palm Desert
 Palm Desert, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Palm Desert    14 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Palm Desert, CA is full of rude people. One woman in a long sleeved pink shirt is being extremely rude and mocking people for no reason at a neighborhood Walmart in Palm  More

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Palm Desert is clean, upscale and beautiful. The views of the Santa Rosa Mountains bright blue sky and green expanses of golf course fairways, swimming pools and  More

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I made the mistake of moving here after a short vacation to be closer to family. Biggest mistake of my life! This is not the place to live if health is important to you.  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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