2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carmel, IN vs Placerville, CA

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Highlights
- Placerville spends 16.6% less per student than Carmel.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.4% higher in Placerville than in Carmel. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Placerville had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carmel
 Carmel, INPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,578  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor1344  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Over 10 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  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 12 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 17 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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