| Table 3. Current expenditures per pupil at the 5th, median, and 95th percentile cutpoints, federal range ratio, and numbers of districts and students for public elementary and secondary regular school districts, by state and independent charter school districts: Fiscal year 2005 |
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| State and independent charter school districts |
Current expenditures1 per pupil | |||||
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| 5th percentile | Median | 95th percentile | Federal range ratio2 | Number of districts | Number of students | |
| United States | $6,176 | $8,237 | $15,301 | 1.5 | 13,830 | 47,861,248 |
| Alabama | 6,135 | 6,974 | 8,300 | 0.4 | 130 | 729,342 |
| Alaska | 8,786 | 15,255 | 27,234 | 2.1 | 53 | 132,568 |
| Arizona | 5,495 | 7,538 | 16,586 | 2.0 | 215 | 920,235 |
| Arkansas | 6,209 | 7,127 | 9,123 | 0.5 | 254 | 461,667 |
| California | 6,260 | 7,473 | 13,176 | 1.1 | 966 | 6,233,136 |
| Colorado | 6,313 | 8,044 | 13,313 | 1.1 | 178 | 765,388 |
| Connecticut | 9,573 | 11,167 | 15,165 | 0.6 | 166 | 552,512 |
| Delaware | 8,305 | 10,402 | 12,251 | 0.5 | 16 | 106,734 |
| District of Columbia | † | 12,979 | † | † | 1 | 62,306 |
| Florida | 6,454 | 7,242 | 8,852 | 0.4 | 67 | 2,645,280 |
| Georgia | 6,713 | 7,773 | 10,209 | 0.5 | 179 | 1,552,483 |
| Hawaii | † | 8,786 | † | † | 1 | 183,185 |
| Idaho | 5,315 | 7,114 | 12,712 | 1.4 | 114 | 253,782 |
| Illinois | 5,974 | 7,793 | 12,218 | 1.0 | 876 | 2,072,437 |
| Indiana | 6,736 | 8,110 | 11,046 | 0.6 | 292 | 1,014,528 |
| Iowa | 6,440 | 7,406 | 9,957 | 0.5 | 367 | 478,319 |
| Kansas | 6,705 | 8,450 | 11,589 | 0.7 | 300 | 468,481 |
| Kentucky | 6,070 | 6,930 | 8,508 | 0.4 | 176 | 674,502 |
| Louisiana | 6,456 | 7,628 | 9,550 | 0.5 | 68 | 717,625 |
| Maine | 8,280 | 10,597 | 16,784 | 1.0 | 222 | 198,356 |
| Maryland | 8,704 | 9,350 | 11,809 | 0.4 | 24 | 865,561 |
| Massachusetts | 8,522 | 10,555 | 16,672 | 1.0 | 302 | 930,045 |
| Michigan | 7,074 | 8,030 | 11,387 | 0.6 | 552 | 1,647,296 |
| Minnesota | 6,636 | 8,089 | 10,811 | 0.6 | 345 | 814,546 |
| Mississippi | 5,606 | 6,548 | 8,372 | 0.5 | 152 | 494,382 |
| Missouri | 5,605 | 7,099 | 10,572 | 0.9 | 522 | 902,659 |
| Montana | 5,714 | 9,008 | 22,242 | 2.9 | 436 | 146,552 |
| Nebraska | 5,714 | 8,658 | 17,500 | 2.1 | 477 | 284,553 |
| Nevada | 6,386 | 8,575 | 24,833 | 2.9 | 17 | 400,083 |
| New Hampshire | 7,768 | 10,077 | 15,619 | 1.0 | 162 | 202,223 |
| New Jersey | 10,111 | 12,423 | 17,605 | 0.7 | 551 | 1,349,413 |
| New Mexico | 6,791 | 9,501 | 16,989 | 1.5 | 89 | 326,102 |
| New York | 10,580 | 13,392 | 23,566 | 1.2 | 695 | 2,818,858 |
| North Carolina | 6,483 | 7,489 | 9,607 | 0.5 | 115 | 1,347,177 |
| North Dakota | 6,137 | 8,793 | 19,750 | 2.2 | 206 | 100,413 |
| Ohio | 6,707 | 7,696 | 10,594 | 0.6 | 613 | 1,778,784 |
| Oklahoma | 5,517 | 6,985 | 11,403 | 1.1 | 540 | 629,145 |
| Oregon | 6,695 | 8,025 | 18,833 | 1.8 | 195 | 550,284 |
| Pennsylvania | 7,463 | 8,894 | 12,062 | 0.6 | 500 | 1,755,560 |
| Rhode Island | 8,589 | 10,669 | 13,803 | 0.6 | 36 | 153,596 |
| South Carolina | 6,630 | 7,562 | 9,655 | 0.5 | 85 | 701,176 |
| South Dakota | 6,064 | 7,560 | 13,283 | 1.2 | 165 | 124,862 |
| Tennessee | 5,465 | 6,271 | 7,719 | 0.4 | 135 | 940,769 |
| Texas | 6,361 | 7,690 | 12,636 | 1.0 | 1,039 | 4,336,944 |
| Utah | 4,713 | 6,331 | 11,576 | 1.5 | 40 | 488,055 |
| Vermont | 7,650 | 10,571 | 14,941 | 1.0 | 239 | 92,819 |
| Virginia | 7,223 | 8,252 | 11,765 | 0.6 | 132 | 1,203,697 |
| Washington | 6,718 | 7,848 | 17,477 | 1.6 | 296 | 1,019,925 |
| West Virginia | 8,227 | 9,052 | 9,935 | 0.2 | 55 | 279,456 |
| Wisconsin | 8,071 | 9,342 | 11,712 | 0.5 | 426 | 869,301 |
| Wyoming | 9,148 | 11,262 | 23,113 | 1.5 | 48 | 84,146 |
| Independent charter school districts3 | 4,461 | 7,229 | 14,868 | 2.3 | 1,457 | 434,258 |
| † Not applicable. The District of Columbia and Hawaii consist of one school district each. | ||||||
| 1 Current expenditures include instruction, instruction-related, support services, and other elementary/secondary current expenditures, but exclude expenditures on capital outlay, other programs and payments to state and local governments, interest on long-term debt, payments to other school districts, and payments to private and charter schools. | ||||||
| 2 The federal range ratio indicates the difference between the amount per pupil of the district at the 95th percentile and the district at the 5th percentile divided by the amount per pupil for the district at the 5th percentile. | ||||||
| 3 All associated schools are charter schools. | ||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal year 2005, Version 1a. |
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