Sentences with phrase «spent per pupil nationwide»

When asked to estimate how much is spent per pupil nationwide, the public makes an average estimate of $ 10,155 — quite close to the Census Bureau's estimate of $ 10,608 in current spending per - pupil for 2012 and only modestly lower than the Department of Education's estimate of $ 12,608 for 2011 (which includes capital and debt expenses).

Not exact matches

To be sure, Newark's per - pupil spending remains high compared to other districts in New Jersey and nationwide.

(In fact, it would propel per - pupil spending to the top 3 percent of districts nationwide.)

Between 1960 and 1975, the amount (in inflation - adjusted dollars) spent nationwide on K — 12 education per pupil nearly doubled, rising from $ 3,300 to just short of $ 6,100.

Although temporarily propped up by federal stimulus funds, average per - pupil spending nationwide fell after 2010.

Nationwide, nearly a third of the alternative - school population attends a school that spends at least $ 500 less per pupil than regular schools do in the same district.

It notes that North Carolina has consistently ranked near the bottom in per - pupil spending nationwide.

Nationwide, on average, per - pupil spending is 61 percent of that of surrounding public schools, according to The Wall Street Journal.

In the 1970s, California ranked in the top 10 nationwide in per - pupil education spending.

According to Quality Counts, average per pupil spending in California was $ 8,341 in 2010 - 11 — $ 3,523 below the average spending nationwide of $ 11,864.