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Federal share of public school revenue: U.S. states ranked (FY2024)

Measure: Federal share of public school revenue (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Public school revenue by source by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: FY2024.

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2026-11-09
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National value: 11.6 (United States).

Washington: 8.3Idaho: 11.7Montana: 17.8North Dakota: 15.4Minnesota: 8.1Michigan: 10.9Ohio: 11.8Pennsylvania: 10.1New York: 8.4Vermont: 10.4New Hampshire: 8.3Maine: 8.4Arizona: 18.1California: 11.6New Mexico: 19.7Texas: 13.4Louisiana: 19.2Mississippi: 22.7Alabama: 16.1Florida: 15.3Georgia: 12South Carolina: 12.9North Carolina: 17.4Virginia: 9.8District of Columbia: 13.9Maryland: 9.4Delaware: 10.7New Jersey: 6.3Connecticut: 8.1Rhode Island: 12.7Massachusetts: 8.2Oregon: 10.5Utah: 7.9Wyoming: 15.5Nevada: 13.6Colorado: 8.4South Dakota: 19.4Nebraska: 10.5Kansas: 11.8Oklahoma: 13.9Iowa: 9.2Missouri: 11.4Wisconsin: 11.9Illinois: 10.3Kentucky: 17.1Arkansas: 14.7Tennessee: 15.9West Virginia: 18.4Indiana: 11.4Alaska: 21Hawaii: 13.1

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 6.3 to 9.2 %
  • Group 2: 9.2 to 11.4 %
  • Group 3: 11.4 to 13.1 %
  • Group 4: 13.1 to 16.1 %
  • Highest: 16.1 to 22.7 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Mississippi22.7
2Alaska21
3New Mexico19.7
4South Dakota19.4
5Louisiana19.2
6West Virginia18.4
7Arizona18.1
8Montana17.8
9North Carolina17.4
10Kentucky17.1
11Alabama16.1
12Tennessee15.9
13Wyoming15.5
14North Dakota15.4
15Florida15.3
16Arkansas14.7
17District of Columbia13.9
17Oklahoma13.9
19Nevada13.6
20Texas13.4
21Hawaii13.1
22South Carolina12.9
23Rhode Island12.7
24Georgia12
25Wisconsin11.9
26Kansas11.8
26Ohio11.8
28Idaho11.7
29California11.6
30Indiana11.4
30Missouri11.4
32Michigan10.9
33Delaware10.7
34Nebraska10.5
34Oregon10.5
36Vermont10.4
37Illinois10.3
38Pennsylvania10.1
39Virginia9.8
40Maryland9.4
41Iowa9.2
42Colorado8.4
42Maine8.4
42New York8.4
45New Hampshire8.3
45Washington8.3
47Massachusetts8.2
48Connecticut8.1
48Minnesota8.1
50Utah7.9
51New Jersey6.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data, fiscal year 2024, summary Table 5 (percentage distribution of revenue by source). Reference period: FY2024.

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U.S. states ranked by federal share of public school revenue (%) (FY2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2024; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-federal-share-of-public-school-revenue/

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