2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Rosa, CA vs Lake Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 45.0% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.9% lower in Lake Forest than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 15.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CALake Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,440$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,628$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10054573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  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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