2025 Compare Cities Education:
Park Ridge, IL vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 11.6% more per student than Park Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% lower in Lake Forest than in Park Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Park Ridge
 Park Ridge, ILLake Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Park Ridge    3 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Park Ridge is a friendly community with lots of events especially in the warm weather  More

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Over 18 years ago

Hemmingway complained that Oak Park was a city of broad lawns and narrow minds. He wouldn't have been so hard on Oak Park if he'd ever been to Park  More

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Good access to public transportation-2 train stations,nearby train to Chicago loop,close to O'Hare Field all plus. Older town layout with horse/buggy roads now main  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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