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Public school support services spending per pupil: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Public school support services 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: 6,582 (United States).

Washington: 7,197Idaho: 4,020Montana: 5,162North Dakota: 5,614Minnesota: 5,432Michigan: 7,611Ohio: 6,761Pennsylvania: 7,672New York: 9,695Vermont: 11,877New Hampshire: 8,541Maine: 8,199Arizona: 5,213California: 8,031New Mexico: 6,814Texas: 4,831Louisiana: 6,222Mississippi: 4,661Alabama: 5,319Florida: 4,484Georgia: 5,643South Carolina: 6,123North Carolina: 4,330Virginia: 6,447District of Columbia: 14,706Maryland: 7,131Delaware: 9,608New Jersey: 10,540Connecticut: 10,243Rhode Island: 9,153Massachusetts: 9,279Oregon: 7,573Utah: 3,739Wyoming: 7,930Nevada: 5,474Colorado: 6,788South Dakota: 4,681Nebraska: 5,511Kansas: 5,637Oklahoma: 4,917Iowa: 5,416Missouri: 5,830Wisconsin: 6,161Illinois: 8,413Kentucky: 5,343Arkansas: 5,565Tennessee: 4,688West Virginia: 5,780Indiana: 5,469Alaska: 9,504Hawaii: 8,960

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 14,706 $
  • RI 9,153 $
  • DE 9,608 $
  • CT 10,243 $
  • NJ 10,540 $
  • MD 7,131 $
  • MA 9,279 $
  • VT 11,877 $
  • NH 8,541 $
  • Lowest: 3,739 to 5,213 $
  • Group 2: 5,213 to 5,637 $
  • Group 3: 5,637 to 6,814 $
  • Group 4: 6,814 to 8,541 $
  • Highest: 8,541 to 14,706 $
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.

1District of Columbia14,706
2Vermont11,877
3New Jersey10,540
4Connecticut10,243
5New York9,695
6Delaware9,608
7Alaska9,504
8Massachusetts9,279
9Rhode Island9,153
10Hawaii8,960
11New Hampshire8,541
12Illinois8,413
13Maine8,199
14California8,031
15Wyoming7,930
16Pennsylvania7,672
17Michigan7,611
18Oregon7,573
19Washington7,197
20Maryland7,131
21New Mexico6,814
22Colorado6,788
23Ohio6,761
24Virginia6,447
25Louisiana6,222
26Wisconsin6,161
27South Carolina6,123
28Missouri5,830
29West Virginia5,780
30Georgia5,643
31Kansas5,637
32North Dakota5,614
33Arkansas5,565
34Nebraska5,511
35Nevada5,474
36Indiana5,469
37Minnesota5,432
38Iowa5,416
39Kentucky5,343
40Alabama5,319
41Arizona5,213
42Montana5,162
43Oklahoma4,917
44Texas4,831
45Tennessee4,688
46South Dakota4,681
47Mississippi4,661
48Florida4,484
49North Carolina4,330
50Idaho4,020
51Utah3,739

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 support services 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-support-services-spending-per-pupil/

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