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Placerville, CA vs Grass Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Grass Valley spends 90.5% more per student than Placerville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.0% lower in Grass Valley than in Placerville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grass Valley had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Placerville

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 Placerville, CAGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,688$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787$14,261$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,768$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.5818.9716.23
 Students per Librarian1068184024573
 Students per Counselor767433530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.2%92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%33.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.3%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%27.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.0%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Placerville    6 Reviews

We've lived in PV for over 20 years, having moved from the LA area. We chose to move here while working with the intent on retiring here and commuted to Sacramento to  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have built our retirement home here completed in 2013. Still a few years away from moving in (kid's college & weddings) but we are really looking forward to it. We  More

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Over 16 years ago

Placerville is a Republican Island in a Blue State- all of the politics are dominated by San Francisco and L.A. limosine liberals, and how they vote controls state  More

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Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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ZIPS IN PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA
95667
ZIPS IN GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
95945

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