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Provo, UT vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 55.3% more per student than Provo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Lake Forest than in Provo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Provo
 Provo, UTLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,485  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor556  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Provo    21 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was born in Provo and have lived in a few cities nearby my entire life. While I was raised in a semi-Mormon family, I am no longer LDS. I haven’t been for about 20  More

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Over 7 years ago

I live in Mississippi and im 15. Im looking for somewhere to relocate when I graduate college. Even though im 15 and I have a long way ahead before I even graduate  More

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Great Quality of life. People are  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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