2026 Compare Cities Education:
Plano, TX vs Caldwell, TX

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Highlights
- Caldwell spends 51.6% more per student than Plano.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% lower in Caldwell than in Plano. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Caldwell had 12.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plano
 Plano, TXCaldwell, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,588$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,584$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock28024573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Plano    42 Reviews

I had lived in Plano for over 30 years. It is where I bought my first home as a single woman, where I married, and where I raised my children. I was fortunate enough  More

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We have lived in Plano for 20 years. It has been consistently rated very highly in surveys of best places to live in the US. Pros are the parks system; which includes  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for a while now. It's wonderful here. There's a ton to do, great jobs, great parks, and pretty good school. It's the perfect  More

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Reviews for Caldwell    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The oil industry job opportunities has increased dramatically in the 77836 area over the last year(2010) and continues to grow in 2011. Over 400 oil industry related  More

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There are plenty of job opportunities in Caldwell. The problem with national demographic sites is that they don't have a clue of whats happening on the ground they  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have Lived in caldwell texas for most of my life and love it there but latley we have been having problems with the police department thinking that caldwell is their  More

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