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Does Money Matter in Education? A Policymaker's Guide

Table 1. Changes in real expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance (ADA) in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1959-60 to 1991-92
(in constant 1991-92 dollars)

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                             Current       Current                                  
                           Expenditures   Expenditures   Percent Change          
                             Per ADA       Per ADA         1959-60 to          
State                        1959-60       1991-92          1991-91
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United States                $1,765         $5,421          207.14%          
Alabama                       1,134          3,616          218.87          
Alaska                        2,570          8,450          228.79               
Arizona                       1,898          4,381          130.82               
Arkansas                      1,059          4,031          280.64          
California                    1,994          4,746          138.01          
Colorado                      1,863          5,172          177.62          
Connecticut                   2,051          8,017          290.88          
Delaware                      2,144          6,093          184.19          
D.C.                          2,028          9,545          370.66          
Florida                       1,494          5,243          250.94          
Georgia                       1,192          4,375          267.03               
Hawaii                        1,527          5,420          254.94          
Idaho                         1,363          3,556          160.90               
Illinois                      2,062          5,670          174.98               
Indiana                       1,734          5,074          192.62               
Iowa                          1,730          5,096          194.57               
Kansas                        1,636          5,007          206.05               
Kentucky                      1,096          4,719          330.57          
Lousiana                      1,749          4,354          148.94          
Maine                         1,330          5,652          324.96               
Maryland                      1,847          6,679          261.61               
Massachusetts                 1,923          6,408          233.23               
Michigan                      1,952          6,268          221.11               
Minnesota                     2,000          5,409          170.45               
Mississippi                     969          3,245          234.88               
Missouri                      1,618          4,830          198.52          
Montana                       1,932          5,423          180.69               
Nebraska                      1,585          5,263          232.05               
Nevada                        2,025          4,926          143.26               
New Hampshire                 1,633          5,790          254.56               
New Jersey                    1,823          9,317          411.08               
New Mexico                    1,706          3,765          120.69               
New York                      2,642          8,527          222.75               
North Carolina                1,116          4,555          308.15               
North Dakota                  1,725          4,441          157.45               
Ohio                          1,717          5,694          231.62               
Oklahoma                      1,465          4,078          178.36               
Oregon                        2,109          5,913          180.37               
Pennsylvania                  1,926          6,613          243.35               
Rhode Island                  1,944          6,546          236.73               
South Carolina                1,035          4,436          328.60               
South Dakota                  1,631          4,173          155.86               
Tennessee                     1,120          3,692          229.64               
Texas                         1,563          4,632          196.35               
Utah                          1,517          3,040          100.40               
Vermont                       1,618          6,944          329.17          
Virginia                      1,290          4,880          278.29          
Washington                    1,978          5,271          166.48               
West Virginia                 1,216          5,109          320.15               
Wisconsin                     1,943          6,139          215.95               
Wyoming                       2,118          5,812          174.41               
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Digest of Education Statistics, 1994. (NCES 94-115). Table 166.



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