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Sierra Madre, CA vs Lake Arrowhead, CA

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- Lake Arrowhead spends 15.8% less per student than Sierra Madre.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% higher in Lake Arrowhead than in Sierra Madre. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Arrowhead had 4.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sierra Madre
 Sierra Madre, CALake Arrowhead, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%1.5%
Reviews for Sierra Madre    2 Reviews

Sierra Madre is a great place to live if you enjoy a small town atmosphere while being close to the vibrancy of a big city. It has nice restaurants, boutique shops and  More

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Over 20 years ago

Sierra Madre is still much a 1950's town. We still help out our neighbors, we have block parties to get acquained with new neighbors, and it's just a happy, friendly  More

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Reviews for Lake Arrowhead    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Even though there are a huge number of homes on the market, there are still new homes being built and more and more vacant homes. The new homes don't necessarily have  More

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Over 11 years ago

Since the housing prices have declined so much in the area (we bought our home in 2006, now in 2014 we have lost $100,000 in value) I have noticed the crime rate is  More

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Over 17 years ago

The Lake Arrowhead Architectual Committee known as AWAC will make all decisions as to the color of your home. Brown and green appear to be the favorite of AWAC.  More

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