Public schools - average expenditure per pupil by state 2017

This graph shows the average expenditure per pupil in U.S. public elementary and secondary schools in 2017. An average of 16,537 U.S. dollars was spent on each pupil in public schools in Wyoming in 2017.

Average expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools in 2017, by state (in U.S. dollars)

State	Expenditure (in U.S. dollars)
New York	23,091$
District of Columbia	21,974$
Connecticut	19,322$
New Jersey	18,920$
Vermont	18,290$
Alaska	17,838$
Wyoming	16,537$
Massachusetts	16,197$
Rhode Island	15,943$
Pennsylvania	15,798$
New Hampshire	15,683$
Illinois	15,337$
Delaware	15,302$
Maryland	14,848$
Hawaii	14,322$
Maine	13,960$
North Dakota	13,760$
Minnesota	12,647$
Ohio	12,645$
Nebraska	12,579$
California	12,143$
Washington	11,989$
Wisconsin	11,968$
Michigan	11,907$
Virginia	11,886$
West Virginia	11,554$
Iowa	11,461$
Montana	11,443$
Oregon	11,264$
Louisiana	11,199$
Kansas	10,961$
South Carolina	10,590$
Missouri	10,589$
Georgia	10,205$
Kentucky	10,121$
Indiana	10,045$
Arkansas	9,967$
South Dakota	9,939$
New Mexico	9,881$
Colorado	9,809$
Alabama	9,511$
Texas	9,375$
Nevada	9,320$
Tennessee	9,184$
Florida	9,075$
North Carolina	9,072$
Mississippi	8,771$
Arizona	8,003$
Oklahoma	7,940$
Idaho	7,486$
Utah	7,179$

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December 2019

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United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

Shown amount excludes expenditures for payments to other school systems, adult education, community services, and other nonelementary-secondary programs.

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