Title: Public Education Costs per Student by State | Resilient Educator
Headings: Public Education Costs per Pupil by State Rankings
Public Education Costs per Pupil by State Rankings
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Where are schools spending their money?
Costs per student by state
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Content: The states spending the least on a per-pupil basis in 2015 are Utah ($6,575), Idaho ($6,923), Arizona ($7,489), and Oklahoma ($8,082). Other notes of interest: States with the highest spending on instruction salaries in 2015 were District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont
States with the lowest spending on overall instruction in 2015 were Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Mississippi
States that received the highest percentage of funding from federal sources in 2015 were Louisiana (14.7%), Mississippi (14.7%), South Dakota (14.6%), Arizona (13.4%) and New Mexico (13.2%)
Here is a complete list of public education by state rankings on a per-pupil spending basis. States are listed alphabetically: Alabama: $9,128
Alaska: $20,172
Arizona: $7,489
Arkansas: $9,694
California: $10,467
Colorado: