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Wylie, TX vs Lake Forest, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Forest spends 2.5% more per student than Wylie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.5% higher in Lake Forest than in Wylie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Forest had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wylie
 Wylie, TXLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Wylie    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

If you enjoy being near a city, but having the small town feel where running into people you know is normal and even if you don't personally know people, it is OK to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Wylie school district continues to show slow awareness to the growth around it. The community continues to hold Christian prayers as part of their PTA, board and any  More

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Over 20 years ago

Wylie's public school system is high quality--small town caring with a lot of  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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