Among the largest school districts in the United States, four districts in Utah spent the least per pupil in the 2017-18 school year.
Figures from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) show that in 2017-18, per-pupil expenditures in the Alpine (Utah) school system were $6,646. The Jordan, Davis and Granite districts in Utah are the next lowest on the list of lowest per-pupil expenditures.
The national median of total revenues per pupil across all school districts was $13,914, the NCES says.
Here are the 10 districts among the nation's 100 largest that had the lowest per-pupil expenditures in 2017-18:
District Per-pupil expenditure 2017-18
Alpine UT $6,646
Jordan UT $6,652
Davis UT $7,189
Granite UT $8,045
Frisco TX $8,056
Mesa AZ $8,182
Conroe TX $8,380
Seminole County FL $8,393
Osceola County FL $8,405
Cypress-Fairbanks TX $8,459
