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Estimated Public School Spending Per Pupil ( 2021 )
Source : U . S . Census Bureau TABLE 41
Total Spending
Instruction
Support Services
Rank
Dollars
Dollars
Rank
Dollars
Rank
1 New York
25,519
17,813
1
7,213
5
2 Connecticut
21,346
12,880
2
7,827
4
3 Vermont
20,838
12,292
3
7,895
2
4 New Jersey
20,670
12,073
4
8,027
1
5 Massachusetts
18,733
11,648
5
6,570
7
6 Alaska
18,313
9,753
14
7,894
3
7 New Hampshire
17,900
11,228
6
6,280
11
8 Illinois
17,293
10,455
8
6,379
9
9 Delaware
17,235
9,827
11
6,826
6
10 Pennsylvania
17,142
10,576
7
5,967
13
11 Rhode Island
16,857
10,023
9
6,446
8
12 Wyoming
16,698
9,899
10
6,283
10
13 Hawaii
16,564
9,806
12
6,001
12
14 Maryland
15,489
9,783
13
5,296
16
15 Maine
14,892
8,480
18
5,948
14
16 Washington
14,556
8,592
17
5,590
15
17 North Dakota
14,242
8,616
16
4,647
23
18 California
14,031
8,316
19
5,190
17
19 Ohio
13,805
8,213
20
5,173
18
20 Minnesota
13,603
8,885
15
4,142
35
21 Michigan
13,072
7,535
25
5,059
19
22 Nebraska
12,939
8,007
21
4,397
30
23 Virginia
12,905
7,828
22
4,607
24
24 Oregon
12,855
7,460
26
4,995
20
25 Wisconsin
12,740
7,560
24
4,731
22
26 Kansas
12,697
7,782
23
4,394
31
27 West Virginia
12,375
7,138
28
4,410
29
28 Montana
12,101
7,131
29
4,468
27
29 Iowa
11,958
7,194
27
4,287
32
30 Louisiana
11,843
6,626
32
4,555
26
31 Georgia
11,707
7,111
30
4,010
36
32 Colorado
11,602
6,351
36
4,878
21
33 South Carolina
11,532
6,393
34
4,576
25
34 Kentucky
11,397
6,665
31
3,995
37
35 New Mexico
11,332
6,580
33
4,215
34
36 Missouri
11,239
6,364
35
4,435
28
37 Indiana
10,935
6,213
38
4,237
33
38 Arkansas
10,345
5,810
44
3,992
38
39 Texas
10,342
6,147
39
3,719
39
40 South Dakota
10,208
6,031
41
3,637
42
41 Alabama
10,116
5,883
43
3,700
40
42 North Carolina
9,958
6,270
37
3,190
48
43 Florida
9,937
6,082
40
3,377
47
44 Tennessee
9,896
5,977
42
3,418
46
45 Nevada
9,814
5,748
45
3,691
41
46 Mississippi
9,653
5,546
46
3,547
44
47 Oklahoma
9,508
5,424
47
3,481
45
48 Arizona
8,785
4,801
50
3,563
43
49 Utah
8,366
5,281
48
2,690
50
50 Idaho
8,272
4,975
49
2,924
49
Dist . of Columbia
22,856
11,520
10,729
United States
13,494
8,176
4,815
Washington ranked 16th in total public school spending per pupil . It ranked 17th in spending on instruction and 15th in spending on support services .