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Walnut, CA vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 12.3% less per student than Walnut.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% higher in Lake Forest than in Walnut. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Walnut

Education
 Walnut, CALake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8623.2116.23
 Students per Librarian6565163834573
 Students per Counselor380595530
 Grade School Educ.4.6%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.1%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.5%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.8%48.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.4%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Walnut    3 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for nearly seven years ...First - This is  More

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Over 16 years ago

Nice place to raise family. Excellent Schools and great  More

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Over 18 years ago

It is way too expensive here! A one bedroom apartment is about 1200 / month here and houses average $500,000 for a "fixer upper". Great schooll district and very nice  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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