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San Luis Obispo, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 4.0% less per student than San Luis Obispo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Lake Forest than in San Luis Obispo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to San Luis Obispo
 San Luis Obispo, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,063  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.87  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for San Luis Obispo    21 Reviews

MY FIANCEE AND I ARE LOOKING TO MOVE TO SLO FOR RETIREMENT ( NEXT MONTH ) WE ARE BOTH ARTISTS AND HOPE OUR TALENT WILL HELP WITH COST OF LIVING IN SLO!!! ANY  More

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In almost any season of the year in San Luis Obispo, you’ll find the sun shining and the temperature hitting around 70º at some point in the day. With the temperature  More

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San Luis Obispo and surrounding areas are beautiful, great weather, beaches, farms markets, a downtown area full of some of the best bars and restaurants, wine country,  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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