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Raleigh, NC vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 31.5% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.6% higher in Lake Forest than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh

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 Raleigh, NCLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,618$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,316$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1123.2116.23
 Students per Librarian829163834573
 Students per Counselor300595530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    15 Reviews

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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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 and a half years and it's the worst. There's no way to describe the inherent awful nature of Lake Forest without sounding like I'm exaggerating.  More

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ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total
ZIPS IN LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA
92630 92610 92676

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