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Bookmark or Share- Public School Spending Per Pupil Experiences Largest Year-to-Year ...MAY 18, 2023 — Nationally, public school spending per student experienced the largest fiscal year-to-year increase since 2008, up 6.3% to $14,347, according to new data from the 2021 Annual Survey of School System Finances released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This spending is up from $13,501 in FY 2020.
- How Much Money Do Public Schools Get? The Latest NumbersOverall funding for K-12 schools in the U.S. grew by $38 billion during the 2020-2021 school year—the first one that entirely coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Policy Brief: Understanding the Effects of School FundingA wide body of recent research offers insights into how and where additional dollars to fund K–12 public schools can improve student outcomes such as test scores and graduation rates. Estimates also reveal how long it may take to close gaps by race and income, based on current trends in funding.
- Public education funding in the U.S. needs an overhaulIn this report, we first provide an overview of the characteristics of the U.S. education funding system. We present data analyses on school finance indicators, such as equity, adequacy, and effort, that expose the shortcomings of funding policies and decisions across the country.
- How Is K-12 Education Funded? - The Peter G. Peterson FoundationState and local governments provide the vast majority of funding for K-12 education — 86 percent of all school funding. State governments rely on formulas that distribute education funds among school districts.
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