Indeed, the
city's fiscal
disadvantage in 1993 was clear to everyone: its
schoolchildren received some 12 percent fewer dollars than their counterparts elsewhere in the state; 11.8 percent of the
city's teachers were uncertified, compared with 7.3 percent statewide; the
city's students had 1 computer for every 19 students, compared with 1 for every 13 students statewide; there was 1 guidance counselor for every 700
city students, compared with 1 per 350 students in the rest of the state; there were 16.5 library books per pupil in the state, but only 10.4 in the
city.