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Local taxes' share of public school revenue: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Local taxes' 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.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 36 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 85.4 %
RI 45.2 %
DE 28.7 %
CT 51.5 %
NJ 43.3 %
MD 43.7 %
MA 37.9 %
VT 0 %
NH 60.6 %

Lowest: 0 to 21.5 %
Group 2: 21.5 to 29.2 %
Group 3: 29.2 to 37.9 %
Group 4: 37.9 to 45.2 %
Highest: 45.2 to 85.4 %

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.


1	District of Columbia	85.4
2	New Hampshire	60.6
3	Connecticut	51.5
4	Nebraska	49.6
5	Maine	49
6	Florida	47.6
7	Pennsylvania	47.2
8	Colorado	46.7
8	Virginia	46.7
10	Missouri	46
11	Illinois	45.2
11	Rhode Island	45.2
13	New York	44.1
14	Ohio	43.9
15	Maryland	43.7
16	New Jersey	43.3
17	South Dakota	43.1
18	Texas	42.8
19	Louisiana	40.5
20	Georgia	40.4
21	Massachusetts	37.9
22	South Carolina	36.3
23	Iowa	33.8
24	Utah	33.3
25	Kentucky	31.3
26	Oklahoma	31.2
26	West Virginia	31.2
28	Oregon	30.3
29	Tennessee	30.2
30	Wisconsin	29.4
31	Arizona	29.2
32	Delaware	28.7
33	Montana	27.7
34	Mississippi	26.6
35	Michigan	25.9
36	North Dakota	25.2
37	California	25.1
38	Indiana	24.4
39	Wyoming	23.9
40	Washington	21.8
41	North Carolina	21.5
42	Alaska	20.2
43	Minnesota	19.7
44	Kansas	17.1
45	Alabama	15.4
46	Idaho	13.3
46	New Mexico	13.3
48	Nevada	11.4
49	Arkansas	9.5
50	Hawaii	0
50	Vermont	0

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 local taxes' 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-local-taxes-share-of-public-school-revenue/

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