| Table 43 | ||||||
| Per-Student Spending in Public Schools, 1998 | ||||||
| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. | |
| 1 | Alaska | $10,650 | 27 | Montana | $6,237 | |
| 2 | New Jersey | 10,427 | 28 | Georgia | 6,177 | |
| 3 | NEW YORK | $9,812 | 29 | Florida | 6,137 | |
| 4 | Connecticut | 9,218 | 30 | Hawaii | 6,127 | |
| 5 | Delaware | 8,576 | 31 | New Mexico | 5,865 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island | 8,429 | 32 | Nebraska | 5,846 | |
| 7 | Vermont | 7,925 | 33 | North Carolina | 5,830 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 7,861 | 34 | Iowa | 5,713 | |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 7,752 | 35 | Colorado | 5,704 | |
| 10 | Michigan | 7,673 | 36 | Nevada | 5,601 | |
| 11 | Maryland | 7,375 | 37 | Missouri | 5,597 | |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 7,272 | 38 | Tennessee | 5,591 | |
| 13 | West Virginia | 7,110 | 39 | South Carolina | 5,555 | |
| 14 | Maine | 7,106 | 40 | California | 5,345 | |
| 15 | Minnesota | 6,727 | 41 | Arkansas | 5,222 | |
| 16 | Oregon | 6,719 | 42 | Louisiana | 5,194 | |
| 17 | Indiana | 6,642 | 43 | South Dakota | 5,166 | |
| 18 | Virginia | 6,569 | 44 | Alabama | 5,110 | |
| 19 | New Hampshire | 6,556 | 45 | North Dakota | 4,978 | |
| 20 | Ohio | 6,539 | 46 | Idaho | 4,973 | |
| 21 | Washington | 6,488 | 47 | Arizona | 4,937 | |
| 22 | Illinois | 6,363 | 48 | Mississippi | 4,732 | |
| 23 | Kansas | 6,348 | 49 | Oklahoma | 4,634 | |
| 24 | Wyoming | 6,312 | 50 | Utah | 3,900 | |
| 25 | Texas | 6,291 | U.S. average | $6,548 | ||
| 26 | Kentucky | 6,283 | N.Y.S. % above avg. | 49.8% | ||
| Source: National Education Association | ||||||
| From 1987 to 1996, New York increased per-student spending on public schools by 9.6% in inflation-adjusted terms. | ||||||
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