2024 Compare Cities Education:
Placerville, CA vs Spirit Lake, ID

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Highlights
- Spirit Lake spends 24.7% less per student than Placerville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Spirit Lake than in Placerville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spirit Lake had 2.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Placerville
 Placerville, CASpirit Lake, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,688$8,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787$8,177$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,768$5,065$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.5818.9416.23
 Students per Librarian1068110634573
 Students per Counselor767402530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%5.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.2%92.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%26.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.3%11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%19.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.0%4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%0.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%0.0%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 11 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 16 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 Spirit Lake    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The elevation is about 2600 feet not 5800  More

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Spirit Lake has it's own little micro-climate. In the summer, the mountains block some of the rain that the rest of the area seems to get. In the winter, it is  More

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