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Castro Valley, CA vs Placerville, CA

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- Placerville spends 34.3% less per student than Castro Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% higher in Placerville than in Castro Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Placerville had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Castro Valley
 Castro Valley, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 11 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  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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