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Windermere, FL vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 20.3% more per student than Windermere.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.3% higher in Lake Forest than in Windermere. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Windermere
 Windermere, FLLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,437  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor508  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Windermere    3 Reviews

I moved to Windermere from Chicago and I am having a difficult time adjusting here. Sure, the weather is great, but everything else is not. I have to drive for long  More

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Windermere, Florida is home to many top athletes and famous people including Tiger Woods & Shaq O'Neil. This is a quaint little town that guards itself against too much  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've spent the last 5 years in Windermere Fl. and 31 years in the state of Florida. Windermere is a small town set amongst the Butler Chain of Lakes. It has it's older  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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