Table 3. Current expenditures per pupil at the 5th percentile, 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 2008
United States | $7,155 | $9,509 | $18,477 | | 1.6 | 13,525 | 48,187,791 |
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Alabama | 7,906 | 9,040 | 11,186 | | 0.4 | 131 | 742,919 |
Alaska | 11,687 | 21,730 | 36,500 | | 2.1 | 53 | 130,624 |
Arizona | 6,399 | 8,641 | 18,000 | | 1.8 | 216 | 987,234 |
Arkansas | 7,089 | 8,119 | 10,147 | | 0.4 | 245 | 476,110 |
California | 7,467 | 9,015 | 17,500 | | 1.3 | 956 | 6,177,909 |
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Colorado | 7,162 | 8,953 | 15,590 | | 1.2 | 178 | 796,824 |
Connecticut | 11,316 | 13,345 | 18,495 | | 0.6 | 169 | 548,428 |
Delaware | 9,628 | 11,619 | 14,641 | | 0.5 | 16 | 107,596 |
District of Columbia | † | 14,594 | † | | † | 1 | 58,191 |
Florida | 8,071 | 8,925 | 10,826 | | 0.3 | 67 | 2,645,680 |
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Georgia | 8,510 | 9,598 | 12,274 | | 0.4 | 180 | 1,646,010 |
Hawaii | † | 11,800 | † | | † | 1 | 179,897 |
Idaho | 5,910 | 7,782 | 14,893 | | 1.5 | 115 | 265,844 |
Illinois | 6,738 | 8,729 | 13,837 | | 1.1 | 869 | 2,099,412 |
Indiana | 7,210 | 8,322 | 10,777 | | 0.5 | 292 | 1,033,329 |
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Iowa | 7,354 | 8,529 | 12,376 | | 0.7 | 364 | 485,114 |
Kansas | 8,140 | 10,253 | 15,012 | | 0.8 | 294 | 467,458 |
Kentucky | 7,417 | 8,580 | 10,613 | | 0.4 | 174 | 666,019 |
Louisiana | 8,088 | 9,482 | 14,401 | | 0.8 | 73 | 665,286 |
Maine | 7,178 | 11,878 | 20,486 | | 1.9 | 227 | 193,058 |
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Maryland | 10,982 | 12,036 | 14,749 | | 0.3 | 24 | 845,700 |
Massachusetts | 10,189 | 12,419 | 20,021 | | 1.0 | 302 | 911,869 |
Michigan | 7,648 | 8,545 | 12,198 | | 0.6 | 551 | 1,576,637 |
Minnesota | 7,599 | 9,105 | 12,027 | | 0.6 | 340 | 807,896 |
Mississippi | 6,777 | 8,112 | 10,911 | | 0.6 | 152 | 493,302 |
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Missouri | 6,840 | 8,450 | 12,919 | | 0.9 | 522 | 898,350 |
Montana | 7,166 | 10,938 | 27,064 | | 2.8 | 420 | 142,695 |
Nebraska | 8,110 | 10,194 | 15,404 | | 0.9 | 254 | 290,912 |
Nevada | 8,044 | 10,091 | 23,528 | | 1.9 | 17 | 428,776 |
New Hampshire | 9,565 | 12,727 | 18,372 | | 0.9 | 162 | 195,668 |
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New Jersey | 12,283 | 15,117 | 22,387 | | 0.8 | 549 | 1,328,606 |
New Mexico | 8,293 | 11,408 | 21,119 | | 1.5 | 89 | 329,045 |
New York | 12,631 | 16,183 | 29,089 | | 1.3 | 695 | 2,730,153 |
North Carolina | 7,307 | 8,415 | 10,652 | | 0.5 | 115 | 1,408,316 |
North Dakota | 6,907 | 10,344 | 21,000 | | 2.0 | 187 | 94,959 |
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Ohio | 7,362 | 8,497 | 11,688 | | 0.6 | 612 | 1,743,920 |
Oklahoma | 6,409 | 8,023 | 12,909 | | 1.0 | 539 | 641,682 |
Oregon | 7,942 | 9,488 | 22,200 | | 1.8 | 193 | 562,251 |
Pennsylvania | 8,574 | 10,229 | 14,124 | | 0.6 | 500 | 1,718,588 |
Rhode Island | 10,705 | 13,896 | 17,430 | | 0.6 | 36 | 143,812 |
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South Carolina | 7,799 | 9,112 | 12,040 | | 0.5 | 85 | 710,685 |
South Dakota | 6,908 | 8,806 | 14,413 | | 1.1 | 160 | 121,606 |
Tennessee | 6,385 | 7,221 | 8,781 | | 0.4 | 135 | 966,963 |
Texas | 7,299 | 8,961 | 14,694 | | 1.0 | 1,031 | 4,581,008 |
Utah | 5,321 | 6,434 | 12,765 | | 1.4 | 40 | 556,314 |
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Vermont | 9,191 | 12,870 | 17,303 | | 0.9 | 238 | 89,048 |
Virginia | 8,589 | 9,686 | 14,109 | | 0.6 | 132 | 1,230,857 |
Washington | 8,005 | 9,205 | 22,269 | | 1.8 | 295 | 1,029,576 |
West Virginia | 8,949 | 9,860 | 11,189 | | 0.3 | 55 | 281,735 |
Wisconsin | 8,961 | 10,339 | 13,137 | | 0.5 | 426 | 867,929 |
Wyoming | 12,301 | 14,857 | 27,719 | | 1.3 | 48 | 85,991 |
Independent charter school districts3 | 5,207 | 8,173 | 16,535 | | 2.2 | 1,736 | 617,880 |
† 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, and payments to private and charter schools. |
2 The federal range ratio is the difference between the amount per pupil of the district at the 95th percentile of current expenditures per pupil 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. |
NOTE: How to read this table: Using Alabama as an example, this table shows that 5 percent of school districts have current expenditures per pupil of $7,906 or less. If all school districts were listed by size of current expenditures per pupil, the district at the midpoint (median) would have current expenditures per pupil of $9,040. Five percent of school districts have current expenditures per pupil of $11,186 or more. The federal range ratio shows that the current expenditures per pupil for district at the 95th percentile are 40 percent higher than the current expenditures per pupil for district at the 5th percentile. National figures do not include independent charter school districts. National and state figures include charter schools that are affiliated with regular school districts. Only regular school districts matching the Common Core of Data (CCD) “Local Education Agency Universe Survey” and with student membership greater than zero were used in creating the national and state figures; 92.8 percent of all school districts met these criteria. Independent charter school districts matching the Common Core of Data (CCD) “Local Education Agency Universe Survey” with revenues greater than zero and expenditures greater than zero were included in the charter school analysis; 98.5 percent of charter school districts met these criteria. |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “School District Finance Survey (F-33),” fiscal year 2008, Version 1a. |