# US states by public school current spending per pupil, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `public_school_current_spending_per_pupil`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Current spending of public elementary and secondary school systems divided by their fall enrollment, in US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances (Table 8). Current spending is instruction plus support services such as administration, transport and food services; it leaves out capital outlay, debt interest, payments to other school systems, and adult education and other programs outside kindergarten to grade 12. The year is the fiscal year, which ends on 30 June in most states (2024 means July 2023 to June 2024).
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, Table 8: per pupil amounts for current spending of public elementary-secondary school systems by state, total (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/school-finances/data/tables.html)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual Survey of School System Finances, Table 8: per pupil amounts for current spending of public elementary-secondary school systems by state, total. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/school-finances/data/tables.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/public-school-spending-per-pupil/us-states

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New York | 31,918 |
| 2 | District of Columbia | 31,529 |
| 3 | Vermont | 28,818 |
| 4 | New Jersey | 27,234 |
| 5 | Connecticut | 26,316 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 24,429 |
| 7 | Hawaii | 23,878 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | 22,978 |
| 9 | Delaware | 22,201 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | 22,110 |
| 11 | Illinois | 21,776 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | 21,091 |
| 13 | Alaska | 21,004 |
| 14 | California | 20,791 |
| 15 | Wyoming | 20,521 |
| 16 | Maryland | 20,208 |
| 17 | Maine | 19,962 |
| 18 | Washington | 18,564 |
| 19 | Michigan | 18,314 |
| 20 | Oregon | 18,083 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 17,664 |
| 22 | Ohio | 17,257 |
| 23 | Virginia | 17,104 |
| 24 | North Dakota | 17,102 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 17,098 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 16,147 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 15,952 |
| 28 | Colorado | 15,908 |
| 29 | Georgia | 15,833 |
| 30 | West Virginia | 15,640 |
| 31 | Louisiana | 15,581 |
| 32 | Kansas | 15,558 |
| 33 | South Carolina | 15,060 |
| 34 | Nevada | 14,812 |
| 35 | Kentucky | 14,596 |
| 36 | Iowa | 14,369 |
| 37 | Missouri | 14,241 |
| 38 | Arkansas | 13,873 |
| 39 | Montana | 13,656 |
| 40 | Alabama | 13,627 |
| 41 | Indiana | 13,622 |
| 42 | North Carolina | 12,995 |
| 43 | Texas | 12,895 |
| 44 | Tennessee | 12,882 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 12,828 |
| 46 | Florida | 12,693 |
| 47 | Mississippi | 12,324 |
| 48 | Oklahoma | 12,162 |
| 49 | Arizona | 12,003 |
| 50 | Utah | 11,347 |
| 51 | Idaho | 11,060 |