Per-pupil spending in public schools fell in 2010-11

May 28, 2013
U.S. Census Bureau says drop is the first since the agency began tracking spending in 1977.

For the first time since the U.S. Census Bureau began tracking school spending, per-pupil expenditures in public schools declined in 2010-11. The bureau says the 50 states and the District of Columbia spent $10,560 per student in 2010-11, down 0.4 percent from 2009-10. The top spenders were New York ($19,076), the District of Columbia ($18,475), Alaska ($16,674), New Jersey ($15,968) and Vermont ($15,925).

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