California Drops to 49th in School Spending
Posted: Jan 14, 2013
California tumbled two more spots, to 49th in the nation in per-pupil spending, in Education Week?s latest annual Quality Counts report, released last week. The ranking, which includes Washington, D.C., and the 50 states, covers spending in 2010 and thus doesn?t include the impact of higher taxes that voters approved in passing Proposition 30 in November.
California?s per-student spending of $8,482 was $3,342 ? 28 percent ? below the national average of $11,824. Only Nevada ($8,419) and Utah ($7,042) spent less. Another Western state, Wyoming ? $18,814 per student ? led the nation in spending. The gap between California and the nation grew $344 per student in 2010, as California?s per-student spending dropped $185 from the year before as a result of a massive state budget deficit, while spending nationally grew $159. Last year, California ranked 47th out of 51; two years ago, before the impact of the recession, it was 43rd.
Education Week?s often-cited annual ranking factors in regional costs of living. (There are also significant regional cost disparities within California.) By comparison, according to the most recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau, covering 2009-10, California spent $9,375 per student, ranking 35th in the nation and only $1,240 below the national average of $10,615.
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