K-12 Expenditures

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About this Indicator

This indicator shows the average state K-12 expenditures per child enrolled. Nationally, total expenditures per student increased by six percent from 2009-10 to 2018-19. About 80 percent of current expenditures consist of employee salaries and benefits.1

Data Source

National Education Association. Rankings of the states and estimates of school statistics.


National Center for Education Statistics. (2022). Public School Expenditures. Condition of Education. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmb