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

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Highlights
- Burlingame spends 71.9% more per student than Placerville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.4% lower in Burlingame than in Placerville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Burlingame had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Placerville
 Placerville, CABurlingame, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor767  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Burlingame    4 Reviews

Burlingame is about half way between Silicon Valley and SF. It is a narrow piece of land stuck between 101 and the mountain foothills. Whereas quality of life is  More

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Over 18 years ago

Even being in the top 5% earning bracket of the entire county, one needs to keep your head down and plow through. It is too easy to become obsesesed with the cost of  More

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If you are young and just starting out, this is not the city for you. A tiny condo can cost five hundred thousand in a decent area. I would not advise first time home  More

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