2025 Compare Cities Education:
Galt, CA vs Placerville, CA

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Highlights
- Placerville spends 23.3% less per student than Galt.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Placerville than in Galt. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Placerville had 8.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Galt
 Galt, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor641  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Galt    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

small vs. Large. Can you compare? Single out what is best? How about, no traffic, here to there under 5 minutes, knowing your neighbors, and just the feel of  More

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Galt has turned into a bedroom community for larger valley cities. The cost of a home is considerably less than Elk Grove or Lodi. However, there are not a lot of  More

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Over 19 years ago

Love all 4 seasons,the coast rivers,lakes,and all the  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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