2024 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, CA vs Placerville, CA

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Highlights
- Placerville spends 34.3% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% higher in Placerville than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Placerville had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$10,787$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6122.5816.23
 Students per Librarian9555106814573
 Students per Counselor603767530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.7%90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.5%25.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.2%12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.3%26.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.25.4%5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.4%0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 12 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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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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