Total Expenditures Per Pupil, By State (School Year 2007-2008)

TOTAL TOTAL
TOTAL TOTAL
RANK STATE EXPENDITURES (in PER PUPIL RANK STATE EXPENDITURES (in PER PUPIL
STUDENTS STUDENTS
thousands) thousands)

1 District of Columbia 78,422 $1,589,568 $20,269 26 Louisiana 681,038 $7,771,248 $11,411

2 New Jersey 1,382,348 $26,478,109 $19,154 27 Missouri 894,497 $10,093,669 $11,284
3 New York 2,765,435 $51,991,666 $18,801 28 Washington 1,030,247 $11,597,118 $11,257
4 Wyoming 86,009 $1,511,335 $17,572 29 South Carolina 712,317 $8,003,122 $11,235
5 Alaska 131,029 $2,274,715 $17,360 30 Oregon 565,586 $6,331,026 $11,194
6 Connecticut 570,626 $9,576,944 $16,783 31 Iowa 472,628 $5,286,896 $11,186
7 Vermont 94,038 $1,462,893 $15,556 32 Colorado 801,867 $8,927,548 $11,133
8 Rhode Island 147,629 $2,252,275 $15,256 33 Kansas 468,295 $5,161,192 $11,021
9 Maryland 845,700 $12,740,155 $15,065 34 Montana 142,284 $1,564,569 $10,996
10 Delaware 122,574 $1,795,613 $14,649 35 New Mexico 329,040 $3,556,459 $10,809
11 Massachusetts 962,958 $13,776,420 $14,306 36 Texas 4,674,832 $49,841,926 $10,662
12 Pennsylvania 1,801,971 $25,346,538 $14,066 37 Alabama 742,919 $7,908,316 $10,645
13 New Hampshire 200,772 $2,618,360 $13,041 38 West Virginia 282,535 $2,962,122 $10,484
14 Hawaii 179,897 $2,342,493 $13,021 39 North Dakota 95,059 $993,651 $10,453
15 Maine 196,245 $2,516,597 $12,824 40 Nevada 429,362 $4,477,823 $10,429
16 Wisconsin 867,929 $10,972,162 $12,642 41 Kentucky 666,225 $6,803,420 $10,212
17 Minnesota 837,578 $10,402,154 $12,419 42 Indiana 1,046,764 $10,638,810 $10,164
18 Nebraska 281,153 $3,457,340 $12,297 43 Arkansas 479,016 $4,800,320 $10,021
19 Ohio 1,827,184 $22,362,887 $12,239 44 South Dakota 121,606 $1,180,854 $9,710
US AVERAGE 49,220,707 $596,610,358 $12,121 45 Arizona 1,087,447 $10,538,886 $9,691
20 Virginia 1,230,857 $14,885,599 $12,094 46 North Carolina 1,472,565 $13,382,049 $9,088
21 Illinois 2,112,805 $25,246,942 $11,949 47 Tennessee 964,259 $8,494,430 $8,809
22 Florida 2,666,811 $31,518,715 $11,819 48 Mississippi 494,122 $4,273,451 $8,649
23 Michigan 1,692,739 $19,729,953 $11,656 49 Idaho 272,119 $2,324,360 $8,542
24 California 6,343,471 $73,868,616 $11,645 50 Oklahoma 642,065 $5,400,091 $8,411
25 Georgia 1,649,589 $19,007,701 $11,523 51 Utah 576,244 $4,571,248 $7,933

Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School
Year 2007-08 (Fiscal Year 2008)," Tables 6 and 8, http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/expenditures/