The amount spent per pupil for public elementary and secondary education (prekindergarten through 12th grade) for all 50 states and the District of Columbia increased by 3.7% to $12,201 per pupil during the 2017 fiscal year, compared to $11,763 per pupil in 2016, according to new tables…
Schools across the nation spent over 60 percent of day-to-day expenditures on classroom instruction in fiscal year 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Public Education Finances: 2015 report released today.
Now, the first thing most people think upon reading this is, “only 60 percent – shouldn…
With summer in the rear-view mirror, it’s time for the nation’s 78 million students to return to school. Here are some relevant (and fun) facts from the U.S. Census Bureau:
Those 78 million represent 25.9% of the entire population age 3 and older, Census said…