2025 Compare Cities Education:
Placerville, CA vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 71.7% more per student than Placerville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.9% lower in Seattle than in Placerville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Placerville
 Placerville, CASeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor767  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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