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School districts by spending per pupil

By spending per pupil, New York City (33 geographic districts) (NY) ranks first with $33,387 in fiscal year 2023 (the 2022–2023 school year), according to NCES.

Of the 100 largest public school districts, New York City (33 geographic districts) spent the most per pupil in fiscal year 2023, $33,387, and State-Sponsored Charter Schools the least, $7,980. 27 of them spent more than the national $16,398.

Current spending per pupil · Fiscal year 2023 (the 2022–2023 school year)

Rate denominator: Fall membership in the same district, from the same file.

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Current spending per pupil, Fiscal year 2023 (the 2022–2023 school year)
RankNameFigure
1New York City (33 geographic districts) (NY)$33,387
2District of Columbia Public Schools (DC)$31,629
3Atlanta Public Schools (GA)$23,046
4Baltimore City Public Schools (MD)$22,977
5San Francisco Unified (CA)$22,880
6City of Chicago SD 299 (IL)$22,699
7Los Angeles Unified (CA)$22,606
8Detroit Public Schools Community District (MI)$22,002
9Seattle School District No. 1 (WA)$21,806
10Fresno Unified (CA)$20,909
11San Diego Unified (CA)$20,783
12Hawaii Department of Education (HI)$20,056
13Loudoun County Public Schools (VA)$19,934
14Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)$19,789
15Montgomery County Public Schools (MD)$19,456
16Howard County Public Schools (MD)$19,256
17Fairfax County Public Schools (VA)$18,975
18Milwaukee School District (WI)$18,815
19Baltimore County Public Schools (MD)$18,666
20Long Beach Unified (CA)$18,419
21Philadelphia City SD (PA)$18,329
22Jefferson County (KY)$18,189
23Davidson County (TN)$17,808
24Anne Arundel County Public Schools (MD)$17,624
25School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C (CO)$17,206
26Charleston 01 (SC)$16,635
27Omaha Public Schools (NE)$16,585
28Elk Grove Unified (CA)$15,921
29Prince William County Public Schools (VA)$15,373
30DeKalb County (GA)$15,368
31Corona-Norco Unified (CA)$15,219
32Fulton County (GA)$15,183
33Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah (CO)$15,158
34Albuquerque Public Schools (NM)$15,108
35Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VA)$14,888
36Cobb County (GA)$14,680
37Clayton County (GA)$14,609
38Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (CO)$14,483
39Dallas ISD (TX)$14,470
40Gwinnett County (GA)$14,348
41Jefferson Parish (LA)$14,155
42Collier (FL)$14,103
43Palm Beach (FL)$14,024
44Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools (NC)$13,811
45Pasadena ISD (TX)$13,787
46Memphis-Shelby County Schools (TN)$13,695
47Fort Worth ISD (TX)$13,690
48Aldine ISD (TX)$13,268
49Mobile County (AL)$13,245
50Miami-Dade (FL)$13,138
51Houston ISD (TX)$13,072
52Henrico County Public Schools (VA)$12,973
53Austin ISD (TX)$12,950
54Douglas County School District No. Re 1 (CO)$12,942
55El Paso ISD (TX)$12,931
56Guilford County Schools (NC)$12,897
57Chesterfield County Public Schools (VA)$12,776
58Garland ISD (TX)$12,534
59Pinellas (FL)$12,514
60Greenville 01 (SC)$12,375
61Lewisville ISD (TX)$12,299
62Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC)$12,198
63Mesa Unified District (4235) (AZ)$12,121
64Broward (FL)$12,121
65Cumberland County Schools (NC)$12,118
66Lee (FL)$12,108
67Forsyth County (GA)$11,993
68Idea Public Schools (TX)$11,857
69Polk (FL)$11,747
70Arlington ISD (TX)$11,746
71Orange (FL)$11,706
72Wake County Schools (NC)$11,691
73Duval (FL)$11,670
74Clark County School District (NV)$11,569
75Plano ISD (TX)$11,384
76Manatee (FL)$11,381
77Katy ISD (TX)$11,284
78North East ISD (TX)$11,211
79Knox County (TN)$11,187
80Brevard (FL)$11,100
81Granite District (UT)$11,000
82Washoe County School District (NV)$10,869
83Humble ISD (TX)$10,763
84Volusia (FL)$10,727
85Klein ISD (TX)$10,719
86Rutherford County (TN)$10,708
87Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (TX)$10,693
88Northside ISD (TX)$10,632
89Hillsborough (FL)$10,589
90Fort Bend ISD (TX)$10,520
91Osceola (FL)$10,383
92Conroe ISD (TX)$10,349
93Seminole (FL)$10,243
94Frisco ISD (TX)$10,217
95Pasco (FL)$10,007
96ST. Johns (FL)$9,989
97Davis District (UT)$9,986
98Jordan District (UT)$9,450
99Alpine District (UT)$9,266
100State-Sponsored Charter Schools (NV)$7,980

What this data cannot show

  • Current spending leaves out buildings, equipment and debt. A district paying tuition for pupils another district teaches counts that tuition as its own spending.
  • The hundred are the largest by the finance file's own membership for fiscal year 2023, the set NCES 2025-305's Table 1 lists, not by this site's newer enrollment figures.
  • fiscal year 2023 is NCES's newest district finance file, and it is provisional: NCES revises it in a later release.

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Compiled automatically from NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33) — newest fiscal year by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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