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Tracy, CA vs Placerville, CA

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Highlights
- Placerville spends 18.5% less per student than Tracy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.3% lower in Placerville than in Tracy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Placerville had 7.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tracy
 Tracy, CAPlacerville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor566  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Tracy    18 Reviews

Native born and raised in Tracy. I've seen it go from a small community of 12,000 to almost 100,000 in 50 years. The growth has not been for the better IMO. It has  More

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I was raised in Tracy and over the last 60+ years, it has gone from a small town of about 9,000 to almost 100,000. The changes have not all been good. It was a good  More

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I have been living here for 4 years and I can’t wait to move out of here. Tracy is a place very very very dusty.. it can be just one week and you have to wipe out  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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