2025 Compare Cities Education:
Roseville, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 1.4% less per student than Roseville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% higher in Lake Forest than in Roseville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Roseville
 Roseville, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,263  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Roseville    18 Reviews

Roseville, Ca is a nice place to live but you have to be able to afford it. It is at least 40% more expensive to live here than most places. It is cram packed with  More

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Cost of living is high and getting higher like everywhere else. I can't afford to live in CA anymore. People are nice  More

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Over 10 years ago

Roseville is an very nice small/medium sized city; a suburb of Sacramento, which is not (a nice city). Sacramento is a toilet. Roseville is clean, moderately  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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