Just the Facts 1999-2000

Table 43
Per-Student Spending in Public Schools, 1998
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	Alaska	$10,650	27	Montana	$6,237
2	New Jersey	10,427	28	Georgia	6,177
3	NEW YORK	$9,812	29	Florida	6,137
4	Connecticut	9,218	30	Hawaii	6,127
5	Delaware	8,576	31	New Mexico	5,865
6	Rhode Island	8,429	32	Nebraska	5,846
7	Vermont	7,925	33	North Carolina	5,830
8	Massachusetts	7,861	34	Iowa	5,713
9	Pennsylvania	7,752	35	Colorado	5,704
10	Michigan	7,673	36	Nevada	5,601
11	Maryland	7,375	37	Missouri	5,597
12	Wisconsin	7,272	38	Tennessee	5,591
13	West Virginia	7,110	39	South Carolina	5,555
14	Maine	7,106	40	California	5,345
15	Minnesota	6,727	41	Arkansas	5,222
16	Oregon	6,719	42	Louisiana	5,194
17	Indiana	6,642	43	South Dakota	5,166
18	Virginia	6,569	44	Alabama	5,110
19	New Hampshire	6,556	45	North Dakota	4,978
20	Ohio	6,539	46	Idaho	4,973
21	Washington	6,488	47	Arizona	4,937
22	Illinois	6,363	48	Mississippi	4,732
23	Kansas	6,348	49	Oklahoma	4,634
24	Wyoming	6,312	50	Utah	3,900
25	Texas	6,291	U.S. average		$6,548
26	Kentucky	6,283	N.Y.S. % above avg.		49.8%
Source: National Education Association
From 1987 to 1996, New York increased per-student spending on public schools by 9.6% in inflation-adjusted terms.