PlainTeacher data ยท 2022

Highest per-pupil expenditure by state

State-level total education expenditure per pupil, distinct from teacher pay and generated from NCES F-33 public-use records.

  1. 1District of Columbia$36,134
  2. 2Alaska$34,729
  3. 3New York$33,463
  4. 4New Hampshire$32,615
  5. 5New Jersey$31,043
  6. 6Connecticut$30,638
  7. 7Massachusetts$29,852
  8. 8Vermont$28,389
  9. 9Wyoming$24,788
  10. 10Rhode Island$24,373

Source: PlainTeacher’s CC0 state summary, derived from NCES F-33 data.