The U.S. Census Bureau has released new K-12 per-pupil spending data for the 2016 fiscal year, allowing for an update on our previous post which looked at state spending and education performance across the 50 states.
Our friends at the Empire Center produced an interactive chart displaying the new data here, which shows the year over year increase in each state’s per-pupil spending:
| 2016 Rank | State | 2015 | 2016 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | $21,206 | $22,366 | 5% |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $19,396 | $19,159 | -1% |
| 3 | Connecticut | $18,377 | $18,958 | 3% |
| 4 | New Jersey | $18,235 | $18,402 | 1% |
| 5 | Vermont | $18,039 | $17,873 | -1% |
| 6 | Alaska | $20,172 | $17,510 | -13% |
| 7 | Wyoming | $16,055 | $16,442 | 2% |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $15,592 | $15,593 | 0% |
| 9 | Rhode Island | $15,179 | $15,532 | 2% |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | $14,717 | $15,418 | 5% |
| 11 | New Hampshire | $14,697 | $15,340 | 4% |
| 12 | Delaware | $14,120 | $14,713 | 4% |
| 13 | Maryland | $14,192 | $14,206 | 0% |
| 14 | Illinois | $13,755 | $14,180 | 3% |
| 15 | Hawaii | $12,855 | $13,748 | 7% |
| 16 | North Dakota | $13,320 | $13,373 | 0% |
| 17 | Maine | $13,257 | $13,278 | 0% |
| 18 | Minnesota | $11,949 | $12,382 | 4% |
| 19 | Nebraska | $11,946 | $12,299 | 3% |
| 20 | Ohio | $11,637 | $12,102 | 4% |
| – | United States | $11,392 | $11,762 | 3% |
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