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Parker, CO vs Placerville, CA

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Highlights
- Placerville spends 8.0% less per student than Parker.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.1% higher in Placerville than in Parker. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Placerville had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parker
 Parker, COPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor279  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  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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