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Waipahu, HI vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 13.9% less per student than Waipahu.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.2% higher in Lake Forest than in Waipahu. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 8.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waipahu

Education
 Waipahu, HILake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,751$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,564$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,806$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.423.2116.23
 Students per Librarian1232163834573
 Students per Counselor268595530
 Grade School Educ.8.2%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.5%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.9%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.4%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Waipahu    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Very nice area to live  More

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Over 18 years ago

Have lived in Waipahu for 17 years. We have a lot of property theft which I don't think is reflected in the crime rate category. Compared to NJ where I grew up,  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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