2025 Compare Cities Education:
Granite Bay, CA vs Placerville, CA

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Highlights
- Placerville spends 24.6% less per student than Granite Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% higher in Placerville than in Granite Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Placerville had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Granite Bay
 Granite Bay, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,263  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Granite Bay    2 Reviews

Love it here! School system is fantastic! The people are friendly. We’re seated right next to Folsom lake & the Sierra Nevadas. It’s gorgeous here. I’m grateful to  More

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Consider Granite Bay among your choices to relocate. It is centrally located between highways 50 and 80 for easy commuting. It is 1/2 hour to the international airport.  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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