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Hello PJ,
Some interesting statistics on this list of 10 States that spend the most per student. NJ #2 but we do have high graduation rates. My daughter graduated yesterday. Just over 400 kids in the class. We had 550 (I think) in ‘82. Maybe that is part of the reason I remember seeing every Ivy and top school represented. Anyway it was a nice looking bunch of kids.
Total Elementary-Secondary Spending: $23.4 Billion (5th most)
% Revenue From State Sources: 41% (10th least)
Amount Spent Per Pupil: $16,271 (2nd most)
Graduation Rate: 85.3% (6th highest)
Only 4% of New Jersey’s education budget comes from the federal government, with revenues evenly split between the state and local governments. The state spends the second most per pupil in education, more than $16,000.
Recently, the state’s supreme court ruled $500 million in education cuts made last year were illegal because they deprived poor districts of the ability to provide a decent education to their students.
