April 20, 2006

Per Pupil Spending on Education Tops $10,000 in Seven States and the District of Columbia

Average spending per pupil for elementary and secondary school systems spending in the U.S. was $8,287 in 2003-2004. Seven states spent in excess of $10,000 per student: Alaska ($10,114), Connecticut ($10,788), Delaware ($10,228), Massachusetts ($10,693), New Jersey ($12,981), New York ($12,930), and Vermont ($11,128). The District of Columbia was $12,801.

The per pupil figures come from the Annual Survey of Local Government Finances - School Systems. You can view the press release or go directly to web site where you can view or download extensive information on the revenues, expenditures, and debt of school systems. To find this information from the Census Bureau home page, go "Government," and then click on "Public Elementary-Secondary Finances."

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