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                                                                   Current         Pupil/
                                  Number of       Revenues       expenditures      teacher Per pupil  Per pupil
State               Membership     teachers    (in thousands)   (in thousands)      ratio   revenue  expenditure
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  United States     44,742,740    2,594,432     $285,452,933 /a/ $258,922,087 /a/    17.2     $6,380    $5,787
Alabama                736,825       44,056        3,523,928        3,169,728        16.7      4,783     4,302
Alaska                 127,618        7,379        1,243,210        1,051,296        17.3      9,742     8,238
Arizona                743,566       38,017        3,924,495 /a/    3,331,835 /a/    19.6      5,278     4,481
Arkansas               453,257       26,449        1,615,391 /b/    1,496,991 /b/    17.1      3,564     3,303
California           5,467,224      227,224       31,724,638       27,521,544        24.1      5,803     5,034
Colorado               656,279       35,388        3,832,093        3,315,190        18.5      5,839     5,051
Connecticut            517,935       36,070        4,379,000        4,321,000        14.4      8,455     8,343
Delaware               108,461        6,463          850,433 /b/      748,655 /b/    16.8      7,841     6,903
District of Columbia    79,802        5,305          715,656 /a/      695,279 /a/    15.0      8,968     8,713
Florida              2,176,222      114,938       13,215,455       11,469,259        18.9      6,073     5,270
Georgia              1,311,126       79,480        8,047,549 /b/    7,781,018 /b/    16.5      6,138     5,935
Hawaii                 187,180       10,500        1,234,105 /a/      960,400        17.8      6,593     5,131
Idaho                  243,097       12,784        1,168,247 /b/    1,042,161 /b/    19.0      4,806     4,287
Illinois             1,943,623      113,538       12,156,357       12,181,620        17.1      6,254     6,267
Indiana                977,263       55,821        6,550,000        5,559,000        17.5      6,702     5,688
Iowa                   502,343       32,318        3,013,710        2,743,145        15.5      5,999     5,461
Kansas                 463,008       30,729        2,898,673 /b/    2,492,762 /b/    15.1      6,261     5,384
Kentucky               659,821       39,120        3,844,024        3,460,737        16.9      5,826     5,245
Louisiana              797,366       46,980        3,883,165 /b/    3,461,971 /b/    17.0      4,870     4,342
Maine                  213,569       15,392        1,443,452        1,271,792        13.9      6,759     5,955
Maryland               805,544       47,819        5,388,081        4,926,216        16.8      6,689     6,115
Massachusetts          915,007       62,710        6,898,237 /a/    6,522,008 /a/    14.6      7,539     7,128
Michigan             1,641,456       83,179       12,262,797 /b/   10,735,664 /b/    19.7      7,471     6,540
Minnesota              835,166       46,971        5,886,900        4,857,100        17.8      7,049     5,816
Mississippi            506,272       28,997        2,174,600 /b/    1,998,743 /b/    17.5      4,295     3,948
Missouri               889,881       57,951        5,127,021 /b/    4,172,801 /b/    15.4      5,761     4,689
Montana                165,547       10,076          933,700          861,142        16.4      5,640     5,202
Nebraska               289,744       20,028        1,869,696        1,658,725        14.5      6,453     5,725
Nevada                 265,041       13,878        1,478,978        1,286,767        19.1      5,580     4,855
New Hampshire          194,171       12,346        1,259,377        1,184,025        15.7      6,486     6,098
New Jersey           1,197,381       86,706       12,048,571 /a/   11,548,068 /a/    13.8     10,062     9,644
New Mexico             329,640       19,398        1,888,405 /b/    1,823,809 /b/    17.0      5,729     5,533
New York             2,813,230      181,559       25,711,270       23,748,287        15.5      9,139     8,442
North Carolina       1,183,090       73,201        6,155,600        5,845,439        16.2      5,203     4,941
North Dakota           119,100        7,501          629,144 /b/      561,849 /b/    15.9      5,282     4,717
Ohio                 1,836,015      107,347       11,792,750 /b/   10,396,689 /b/    17.1      6,423     5,663
Oklahoma               616,393       39,364        2,988,458 /b/    2,951,191 /b/    15.7      4,848     4,788
Oregon                 527,914       26,680        3,117,000        3,028,000        19.8      5,904     5,736
Pennsylvania         1,787,533      104,921       14,100,000       12,300,000        17.0      7,888     6,881
Rhode Island           149,799       10,482        1,095,234 /b/    1,071,151 /b/    14.3      7,311     7,151
South Carolina         637,519       39,922        3,450,203        2,920,230        16.0      5,412     4,581
South Dakota           144,685        9,641          713,135 /b/      624,379 /b/    15.0      4,929     4,315
Tennessee              882,602       53,403        4,129,992        4,264,551        16.5      4,679     4,832
Texas                3,748,167      240,371       20,282,542 /b/   19,658,698 /b/    15.6      5,411     5,245
Utah                   477,121       20,039        1,940,247 /b/    1,739,255 /b/    23.8      4,067     3,645
Vermont                105,565        7,676          783,242 /a/      706,280 /a/    13.8      7,420     6,690
Virginia             1,079,854       74,568        6,674,919 /a/    6,062,752 /a/    14.5      6,181     5,614
Washington             956,572       46,907        6,627,035 /b/    5,613,481 /b/    20.4      6,928     5,868
West Virginia          307,112       21,073        1,850,487        1,763,439        14.6      6,025     5,742
Wisconsin              870,175       55,033        6,296,731        5,435,968        15.8      7,236     6,247
Wyoming                 99,859        6,734          635,000 /b/      580,000 /b/    14.8      6,359     5,808
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  Outlying Areas
American Samoa          14,576          728           46,871 /a/       30,372 /a/    20.0      3,216     2,084
Guam                    32,960        1,802          181,065 /a/      173,721 /a/    18.3      5,493     5,271
Northern Marianas        8,809          422           44,462 /b/       42,499 /b/    20.9      5,047     4,825
Puerto Rico            627,620       39,328        1,675,391        1,646,313        16.0      2,669     2,623
Virgin Islands          22,737        1,622          144,951          135,291        14.0      6,375     5,950
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a/ Data estimated by NCES bd on previous year's data.
b/ Actual preliminary count by state, January, 1997.

NOTE: Data labeled "reported" may differ from data reported in other NCES publications. Data for membership and teachers are final. Other data are state estimates, except where noted. Detail may not sum to total due to rounding. Estimates are as of March 1997.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data.

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