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Public school instruction spending per pupil: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Public school instruction spending per pupil ($). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Public school spending per pupil by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: FY2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 10,346 (United States).

Washington: 10,740Idaho: 6,588Montana: 6,191North Dakota: 10,118Minnesota: 10,887Michigan: 9,993Ohio: 9,940Pennsylvania: 12,628New York: 21,571Vermont: 15,895New Hampshire: 13,888Maine: 10,993Arizona: 6,191California: 11,959New Mexico: 10,068Texas: 7,421Louisiana: 8,495Mississippi: 6,937Alabama: 7,452Florida: 7,574Georgia: 9,380South Carolina: 8,171North Carolina: 8,017Virginia: 9,983District of Columbia: 15,764Maryland: 12,513Delaware: 11,858New Jersey: 15,858Connecticut: 15,165Rhode Island: 12,368Massachusetts: 14,724Oregon: 9,951Utah: 7,108Wyoming: 11,951Nevada: 8,937Colorado: 8,497South Dakota: 7,418Nebraska: 9,919Kansas: 9,236Oklahoma: 6,513Iowa: 8,308Missouri: 7,820Wisconsin: 9,157Illinois: 12,761Kentucky: 8,355Arkansas: 7,547Tennessee: 7,535West Virginia: 8,871Indiana: 7,487Alaska: 10,742Hawaii: 13,872

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 15,764 $
  • RI 12,368 $
  • DE 11,858 $
  • CT 15,165 $
  • NJ 15,858 $
  • MD 12,513 $
  • MA 14,724 $
  • VT 15,895 $
  • NH 13,888 $
  • Lowest: 6,191 to 7,535 $
  • Group 2: 7,535 to 8,871 $
  • Group 3: 8,871 to 10,068 $
  • Group 4: 10,068 to 12,513 $
  • Highest: 12,513 to 21,571 $
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.

Note: Census Bureau fiscal-year data for public school systems. Current spending excludes capital outlay and debt interest; the District of Columbia is a single city system.

1New York21,571
2Vermont15,895
3New Jersey15,858
4District of Columbia15,764
5Connecticut15,165
6Massachusetts14,724
7New Hampshire13,888
8Hawaii13,872
9Illinois12,761
10Pennsylvania12,628
11Maryland12,513
12Rhode Island12,368
13California11,959
14Wyoming11,951
15Delaware11,858
16Maine10,993
17Minnesota10,887
18Alaska10,742
19Washington10,740
20North Dakota10,118
21New Mexico10,068
22Michigan9,993
23Virginia9,983
24Oregon9,951
25Ohio9,940
26Nebraska9,919
27Georgia9,380
28Kansas9,236
29Wisconsin9,157
30Nevada8,937
31West Virginia8,871
32Colorado8,497
33Louisiana8,495
34Kentucky8,355
35Iowa8,308
36South Carolina8,171
37North Carolina8,017
38Missouri7,820
39Florida7,574
40Arkansas7,547
41Tennessee7,535
42Indiana7,487
43Alabama7,452
44Texas7,421
45South Dakota7,418
46Utah7,108
47Mississippi6,937
48Idaho6,588
49Oklahoma6,513
50Arizona6,191
50Montana6,191

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data, fiscal year 2024, summary Table 8 (per pupil amounts for current spending). Reference period: FY2024.

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U.S. states ranked by public school instruction spending per pupil ($) (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-public-school-instruction-spending-per-pupil/

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