05 · District finance
How much does the district spend?
Compare spending per student and see where district revenue comes from.
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United States · NCES district finance
Annual spending per student
FY 202217,208 reporting districts
U.S. weighted average$15,26049,081,573 students represented
What this answers
Compare current operating spending on the same per-student denominator. Capital outlay and debt are excluded from this measure.
Source policy
Every result keeps its year and source.
Primary sources
NCES F-33 school district finance
Publication ruleSuppressed values remain suppressed. Unlike measures are not blended, and missing values are never treated as zero.
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