Per-student spending drops

Per-student spending drops
U.S. public-education spending per student fell in 2011 for the first time in three decades, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, reports Stephanie Banchero in The Wall Street Journal. Spending for schools across the 50 states and Washington, D.C. averaged $10,560 per pupil in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, down 0.4% from 2010 and the first drop in actual numbers since the bureau began collecting data in 1977. Adjusted for inflation, spending per pupil dropped once in 1995 and hit its highest level in 2009. In inflation-adjusted terms, spending per pupil was down 4% in 2011 from its peak. Overall, the nation's schools spent $595.1 billion on 48 million students in 2011, $522.1 billion of this for daily operating expenses, a decline of 1.1% from 2010 and the second year in a row that total spending dropped. Salaries took up the largest share of the total with $308 billion, and another $109 billion went toward employee benefits, including pensions. According to the data, New York spent most per pupil at $19,076, followed by Washington, D.C. at $18,475; Alaska, $16,674; New Jersey, $15,968; and Vermont, $15,925. Utah spent the least, $6,212 per student, followed by Idaho, $6,824; Oklahoma, $7,587; Arizona, $7,666; and Mississippi, $7,928. More

Source:  Public Education News Blast

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