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Public schools by state

Every state, the District of Columbia, the US territories and the two federal school systems (BIE and DoDEA). Select a column heading to sort.
Alabama1621,532751,06017.223$12,393
Alaska54488127,89019.231$21,336
Arizona7262,4321,102,24617.7569$11,583
Arkansas3081,106491,26812.7110$12,724
California2,13010,3035,789,93421.91,276$17,799
Colorado2731,900865,05516.7260$15,467
Connecticut2101,007490,96912.321$25,007
Delaware46236142,15614.724$18,901
District of Columbia7224594,03811.0125$31,930
Florida844,1862,856,32018.2734$12,074
Georgia2562,3291,744,18514.496$13,517
Hawaii1296167,07114.238$17,656
Idaho196796315,19118.384$9,647
Illinois1,0324,3981,842,88113.7131$20,743
Indiana4561,9191,037,60415.5134$12,675
Iowa3471,318497,10214.47$15,206
Kansas3371,341477,00613.87$16,437
Kentucky1771,550655,99715.60$13,951
Louisiana1941,308666,84013.9146$14,898
Maine276589166,12711.511$20,160
Maryland251,408891,52514.650$18,655
Massachusetts4241,823915,93212.073$24,749
Michigan8863,4681,369,40916.9368$14,795
Minnesota5822,741875,57915.2309$17,873
Mississippi1521,019431,20614.110$12,016
Missouri5662,451885,24313.081$14,065
Montana482842147,04914.20$15,680
Nebraska2811,097330,48314.10$16,481
Nevada20735474,58619.8104$12,177
New Hampshire219501162,94511.342$21,936
New Jersey7002,5571,355,56911.786$25,026
New Mexico157879304,08413.299$14,192
New York1,1194,8102,503,63311.4350$30,973
North Carolina3742,7051,550,03716.3213$11,869
North Dakota225514119,65611.70$18,090
Ohio1,0733,5431,661,29517.3339$16,266
Oklahoma5951,781697,35816.573$11,596
Oregon2231,291539,41718.4128$17,838
Pennsylvania7902,9321,666,69913.5175$21,044
Rhode Island68313133,87913.042$20,707
South Carolina961,277796,78014.4104$15,302
South Dakota165706140,59214.20$13,231
Tennessee1491,9131,002,363114$11,798
Texas1,2439,1925,545,64015.11,056$14,396
Utah1591,097684,60421.9142$10,840
Vermont18830477,75611.40$24,082
Virginia2092,1261,257,31514.07$15,293
Washington3422,5431,094,50218.217$19,323
West Virginia67676242,15513.66$14,491
Wisconsin4682,190805,90114.0225$16,827
Wyoming6236089,91512.48$20,151

Territories and federal systems

American Samoa12800
Bureau of Indian Education17417436,70512.20
Guam54525,64615.84
Northern Mariana Islands1358978.70
Puerto Rico1862235,8199.716
U.S. Virgin Islands22010,41012.60

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.