U.S.

Public Education Finances: 2010

 Census Bureau

Table 11. States Ranked According to Per Pupil Public Elementary-Secondary School System Finance Amoun(In dollars. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Rank 

1. . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . 6. . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . . 8. . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . 13. . . . . . . . 14. . . . . . . . 15. . . . . . . . 16. . . . . . . . 17. . . . . . . . 18. . . . . . . . 19. . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . 21. . . . . . . . 22. . . . . . . . 23. . . . . . . . 24. . . . . . . . 25. . . . . . . . 26. . . . . . . . 27. . . . . . . . 28. . . . . . . . 29. . . . . . . . 30. . . . . . . . 31. . . . . . . . 32. . . . . . . . 33. . . . . . . . 34. . . . . . . . 35. . . . . . . . 36. . . . . . . . 37. . . . . . . . 38. . . . . . . . 39. . . . . . . . 40. . . . . . . . 41. . . . . . . . 42. . . . . . . . 43. . . . . . . . 44. . . . . . . . 45. . . . . . . . 46. . . . . . . . 47. . . . . . . . 48. . . . . . . . 49. . . . . . . . 50. . . . . . . . 51. . . . . . . . 

State 

US

DC 

NY 

WY 

NJ 

CT 

VT 

AK 

MA 

MD 

PA 

RI 

DE 

HI 

NH 

ME OH 

IN 

ND 

IL 

WI 

MN 

NE 

LA 

MI 

VA 

KS 

NC 

WA 

MT 

WV 

IA 

OR 

NM 

SC 

GA 

TX 

AR 

MO 

CO 

CA SD 

KY 

NV 

FL 

AL 

MS 

AZ 

OK 

TN 

ID 

UT 

Total 

12,30627,263 20,480 19,510 18,827 17,573 17,333 16,990 16,664 15,705 15,612 15,553 14,415 14,234 14,221 14,144 13,531 13,374 13,273 13,124 12,775 12,757 12,353 12,111 12,081 11,805 11,566 11,507 11,432 11,359 11,269 11,264 11,016 10,978 10,820 10,740 10,656 10,633 10,596 10,586 10,581 10,437 10,238 10,054 

9,981 9,721 9,061 9,059 8,840 8,618 8,163 7,743 

Elementary-secondary revenue 

State 

From 

federal 

sources State 

From 

state 

sources 

US 1,535 US 5,352

ND 2,926 VT 14,625 

AK 2,796 HI 11,617 

LA 2,334 AK 10,335 

NM 2,274 WY 10,020 

HI 2,122 NY 8,568 

SD 2,028 DE 8,437 

MS 1,924 MN 7,459 

VT 1,913 AR 7,188 

DC 1,837 IN 7,156 

WV 1,823 NM 6,963 

IL 1,816 MA 6,939 

MT 1,807 WA 6,698 

PA 1,758 NJ 6,615 

RI 1,753 MD 6,537 

NJ 1,743 MI 6,362 

ME 1,701 KS 6,069 

TX 1,689 OH 5,982 

KY 1,677 CT 5,962 

ID 1,665 WV 5,953 

AR 1,659 ND 5,817 

AZ 1,639 ME 5,745 

FL 1,599 WI 5,725 

MO 1,594 PA 5,570 

CA 1,582 CA 5,565 NE 1,579 NV 5,525 

GA 1,565 KY 5,386 

MI 1,564 NH 5,382 

MN 1,554 OR 5,261 

DE 1,535 MT 5,257 

AL 1,514 RI 5,223 

CT 1,507 NC 5,159 

IA 1,483 AL 5,074 

SC 1,479 LA 5,044 

OR 1,451 SC 4,720 

IN 1,440 CO 4,623 

KS 1,429 ID 4,618 

WY 1,410 IA 4,515 

OH 1,384 VA 4,411 

NY 1,369 MS 4,290 

WA 1,354 IL 4,145 

NC 1,335 OK 4,067 

WI 1,290 GA 4,058 

VA 1,231 NE 4,018 

MD 1,184 TX 3,997 

MA 1,176 UT 3,960 

OK 1,176 TN 3,947 

TN 1,126 MO 3,869 UT 1,040 AZ 3,257 

NH 939 SD 3,226 

CO 865 FL 3,127 

NV 846 DC – 

State 

US

DC 

NY 

NJ 

CT 

RI 

MA 

PA 

WY 

MD 

NH 

IL 

NE 

ME OH 

VA 

WI 

IA 

FL 

SD 

MO 

GA 

CO 

NC 

TX 

IN 

LA 

SC 

ND 

DE 

OR 

MT 

AZ 

MI 

KS AK 

MN 

NV 

OK 

TN 

WV 

CA 

WA 

KY 

AL 

MS 

UT 

ID 

AR 

NM 

VT 

HI 

From 

local 

sources 

5,419

25,426 10,543 10,469 10,103 

8,577 8,550 8,283 8,080 7,984 7,900 7,162 6,757 6,698 6,165 6,163 5,760 5,267 5,255 5,183 5,132 5,117 5,097 5,014 4,971 4,778 4,732 4,620 4,529 4,442 4,304 4,294 4,164 4,154 4,068 3,859 3,744 3,683 3,597 3,544 3,493 3,434 3,381 3,175 3,132 2,847 2,742 1,880 1,786 1,741 

795 495 

State 

US

DC 

NY 

NJ 

AK 

VT 

WY 

CT 

MA 

MD 

RI 

PA 

NH 

DE 

ME 

HI 

IL 

WV 

WI 

OH 

ND 

NE 

MN 

MI 

LA 

VA 

MT 

IA 

KS 

MO 

OR 

IN 

WA 

GA 

NM 

CA AR SC 

KY 

AL 

SD 

CO 

TX 

FL 

NV 

NC 

MS 

TN 

OK 

AZ 

ID 

UT 

Total1 

10,61518,667 18,618 16,841 15,783 15,274 15,169 14,906 14,350 13,738 13,699 12,995 12,383 12,383 12,259 11,754 11,634 11,527 11,364 11,030 10,991 10,734 10,685 10,644 10,638 10,597 10,497 

9,763 9,715 9,634 9,624 9,611 9,452 9,394 9,384 9,375 9,143 9,143 8,948 8,881 8,858 8,853 8,746 8,741 8,483 8,409 8,119 8,065 7,896 7,848 7,106 6,064 

State 

USNY 

NJ 

CT 

VT 

MA 

WY 

AK 

MD 

DC 

RI 

PA 

NH 

DE 

HI 

ME 

NE 

MN 

WV 

WI 

IL 

ND 

VA 

MT 

LA 

MI 

OH 

IA 

KS 

GA 

MO 

WA 

CA 

OR 

IN 

NM 

SD 

KY 

TX 

AR 

NC 

FL 

SC 

AL 

CO 

TN 

NV 

MS 

OK 

AZ 

ID 

UT 

Total1 

6,478

12,984 

9,740 9,273 9,254 8,964 8,959 8,773 8,427 8,394 7,980 7,904 7,789 7,621 7,335 7,202 7,085 7,082 7,019 6,931 6,920 6,604 6,463 6,322 6,232 6,206 6,171 6,046 6,016 5,872 5,836 5,735 5,643 5,608 5,594 5,434 5,336 5,319 5,307 5,301 5,288 5,279 5,237 5,205 5,117 5,079 4,995 4,754 4,438 4,381 4,349 3,861 

Current spending 

Instruction 

State 

Salaries 

only State 

Ben

US 4,376 US 1NY 8,277 NY 3

DC 7,074 AK 2

NJ 6,704 MA 2

VT 6,283 WV 2

CT 6,260 CT 2

WY 5,995 RI 2

MA 5,692 NJ 2

MD 5,622 MD 2

RI 5,592 VT 2

PA 5,236 WY 2

NH 5,222 WI 2

DE 4,894 DE 2

AK 4,877 NH 2

ME 4,867 ME 1

MN 4,760 IL 1

ND 4,602 MI 1

NE 4,566 PA 1

VA 4,559 HI 1

IL 4,546 IN 1

HI 4,509 MN 1

OH 4,340 OR 1

WI 4,337 NE 1

IA 4,298 VA 1

LA 4,191 OH 1

MT 4,180 LA 1

GA 4,124 ND 1

MO 4,116 GA 1

TX 4,080 AL 1

KS 3,994 IA 1

MI 3,923 KY 1

WA 3,923 CA 1

WV 3,855 WA 1

CA 3,811 MT 1

NC 3,790 NV 1

KY 3,765 NM 1

NM 3,748 MO 1

IN 3,725 SC 1

SC 3,721 KS 1

CO 3,686 UT 1

SD 3,642 TN 1AR 3,584 ID 1

OR 3,458 FL 1

TN 3,456 MS 

AL 3,375 SD 

NV 3,360 NC 

MS 3,280 AR 

FL 3,254 OK 

AZ 3,138 CO 

ID 3,034 DC 

OK 3,001 AZ 

UT 2,566 TX 

1Includes amounts not shown separately. Note: See Appendix B for a description of state-specific reporting anomalies. Revenue from and payments to other school systems are excluded to avoid double-counting. Expenditure for adult education, 

secondary programs are also excluded. Some data appear under local sources for Hawaii’s state-operated school system for consistency with data presented for all other school systems. Enrollments used to memberships collected by the National Center for Education Statistics on the Common Core of Data Agency file—“Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey: 2009–10.” Enrollments for private school systems have been excluded. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances—School Systems. Data are not subject to sampling error, but for information on nonsampling error and definitions, see in

estimates from these tables should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only. 

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