Total Expenditures Per Pupil, By State (School Year 2006-2007)

TOTAL TOTAL
TOTAL PER TOTAL PER
RANK STATE EXPENDITURES RANK STATE EXPENDITURES
STUDENTS PUPIL STUDENTS PUPIL
(in thousands) (in thousands)
1 District of 72,850 $1,389,995 $19,080 26 Georgia 1,629,157 $17,301,301 $10,620
Columbia
2 New Jersey 1,388,850 $24,911,786 $17,937 27 Washington 1,026,774 $10,814,992 $10,533
3 New York 2,809,649 $49,552,219 $17,636 28 Indiana 1,045,940 $10,869,170 $10,392
4 Wyoming 85,193 $1,383,239 $16,237 29 Kansas 469,506 $4,868,048 $10,368
5 Connecticut 575,100 $9,300,065 $16,171 30 Iowa 483,122 $4,991,024 $10,331
6 Alaska 132,608 $1,940,429 $14,633 31 Colorado 794,026 $8,067,005 $10,160
7 Vermont 95,399 $1,393,637 $14,609 32 Missouri 920,353 $9,345,921 $10,155
8 Rhode Island 151,612 $2,169,474 $14,309 33 Louisiana 675,851 $6,828,819 $10,104
9 Delaware 122,254 $1,739,840 $14,231 34 West Virginia 281,939 $2,845,230 $10,092
10 Massachusetts 968,661 $13,409,188 $13,843 35 Nevada 424,240 $4,278,047 $10,084
11 Maryland 851,640 $11,547,486 $13,559 36 Montana 144,418 $1,447,251 $10,021
12 Pennsylvania 1,871,060 $24,459,545 $13,073 37 Oregon 562,574 $5,573,769 $9,908
13 Hawaii 180,728 $2,300,383 $12,728 38 New Mexico 328,220 $3,240,023 $9,871
14 Maine 193,986 $2,420,878 $12,480 39 Texas 4,599,509 $45,189,026 $9,825
15 New Hampshire 203,551 $2,512,692 $12,344 40 North Dakota 96,670 $946,858 $9,795
16 Ohio 1,836,096 $21,729,555 $11,835 41 Arkansas 476,409 $4,644,397 $9,749
17 Wisconsin 876,700 $10,372,911 $11,832 42 Alabama 743,632 $7,211,897 $9,698
18 Minnesota 840,565 $9,944,675 $11,831 43 Kentucky 683,173 $6,386,594 $9,348
19 Virginia 1,220,440 $14,234,484 $11,663 44 South Dakota 121,158 $1,106,123 $9,130
20 Michigan 1,714,709 $19,931,731 $11,624 45 Arizona 1,065,082 $9,539,185 $8,956
US AVERAGE 49,298,945 $562,252,677 $11,405 46 North Carolina 1,444,481 $12,829,210 $8,882
21 Nebraska 287,580 $3,242,741 $11,276 47 Mississippi 495,026 $4,086,883 $8,256
22 Florida 2,671,513 $30,107,621 $11,270 48 Oklahoma 639,391 $5,229,868 $8,179
23 California 6,406,821 $70,071,235 $10,937 49 Idaho 267,380 $2,148,752 $8,036
24 Illinois 2,118,276 $23,157,195 $10,932 50 Tennessee 978,368 $7,755,934 $7,927
25 South Carolina 703,119 $7,676,692 $10,918 51 Utah 523,586 $3,807,310 $7,272

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Core of Common Data, http://nces.ed.gov/ccd