| New
Jersey Ranks Third in the Nation in Current Expenditures Per Student
in Public Schools, 2002-2003
Source: NEA Research
| Rank |
State |
Amount |
|
Rank |
State |
Amount |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
New York |
$11,515 |
|
26 |
South
Carolina |
$7,403 |
2
|
Connecticut |
$11,378 |
|
27 |
Montana |
$7,368 |
3
|
NEW
JERSEY |
$11,103 |
|
28
|
Kentucky |
$7,274 |
4
|
Massachusetts |
$10,691 |
|
29 |
California |
$7,244 |
| 5 |
Delaware |
$10,270 |
|
30
|
Oregon |
$7,242 |
| 6 |
Vermont |
$9,942 |
|
31 |
Nebraska |
$7,203 |
| 7 |
Rhode
Island |
$9,889 |
|
32 |
Texas |
$7,152 |
| 8 |
Alaska |
$9,569 |
|
33 |
Iowa |
$6,974 |
9
|
Illinois |
$9,376 |
|
34
|
South
Dakota |
$6,924 |
| 10 |
Maine |
$9,289 |
|
35
|
New
Mexico |
$6,857 |
| 11 |
Wyoming |
$9,232 |
|
36
|
Oklahoma |
$6,829 |
| 12 |
Wisconsin |
$9,019 |
|
37
|
Missouri |
$6,819 |
| 13 |
West Virginia |
$8,722 |
|
38 |
Louisiana |
$6,698 |
| 14 |
Minnesota |
$8,628 |
|
39
|
North
Carolina |
$6,547 |
| 15 |
Pennsylvania |
$8,331 |
|
40
|
Florida |
$6,411 |
| 16 |
Indiana |
$8,307 |
|
41
|
Idaho |
$6,378 |
| 17 |
Georgia |
$8,238 |
|
42
|
Virginia |
$6,316 |
| 18 |
Michigan |
$8,166 |
|
43
|
Nevada |
$6,128 |
| 19 |
New Hampshire |
$8,151 |
|
44 |
Tennessee |
$6,048 |
| 20 |
Maryland |
$8,124 |
|
45 |
Mississippi |
$5,822 |
| 21 |
Kansas |
$7,620 |
|
46 |
Arkansas |
$5,789 |
| 22 |
Ohio |
$7,518 |
|
47 |
Alabama |
$5,418 |
23
|
Washington |
$7,516 |
|
48 |
Arizona |
$5,197 |
24
|
Hawaii |
$7,455 |
|
49 |
Utah |
$4,907 |
| 25 |
Colorado |
$7,428 |
|
50 |
North
Dakota |
$4,773 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
50
State Average
|
$7,744 |
| |
|
|
|
|
N.J.
% Above Average |
43% |
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