Public School Funding Per Student Averages 80% More Than Private Schools

[PeteS in CA]

Public School Funding Per Student Averages 80% More Than Private Schools

https://www.justfactsdaily.com/public-school-funding-per-student-averages-80-more-than-private-schools/

According to the New York Times, one of the main reasons why public K–12 schools are reopening more slowly from Covid-19 lockdowns than private schools is because public schools generally have less money. Times reporter Claire Cain Miller makes this claim three times in a single article, but her assertion is the polar opposite of reality and has been so for decades.

Twenty-five years ago, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) estimated that public K–12 schools spent an average of 43–52% more per student than private schools in the 1991–92 school year. Since then, DOE data shows that inflation-adjusted average spending per public school student has risen by 40%.

Consistent with that DOE data, new research by Just Facts reveals that average public K–12 school funding per student is about 80% higher than private schools. Specifically, the latest DOE data shows that governments spent an average of $14,439 for every student enrolled in K–12 public schools in the 2016–17 school year. In comparison, Just Facts estimates that private schools spent an average of $8,039 per student in the same year.

[Sighlass]

We spent on average 500 dollars for 4 kids (that is total not each).... Homeschooling. Eldest last year scored a 30 on his ACT... He was always pretty bright.... My next child is what one would describe as "normal", he was slow taking up spelling but is now an avid reader... He scored a 24 on his ACT which would get him in any state college. We will have to see what the other two do, they studied through the summer off and on.

[PeteS in CA]

We spent on average 500 dollars for 4 kids (that is total not each).... Homeschooling. Eldest last year scored a 30 on his ACT... He was always pretty bright.... My next child is what one would describe as "normal", he was slow taking up spelling but is not a avid reader... He scored a 24 on his ACT which would get him in any state college. We will have to see what the other two do, they studied through the summer off and on.

Do your local librarians know your kids by first name?

[Sighlass]

Do your local librarians know your kids by first name?

@PeteS_in_Cal

Lol, yes.... Wife knows them all by first name.... and they often call when books come in for us to check out.

[roamer_1]

It's been a while, But when my kids were in Christian school, the annual bill per child was $3000. At the time the state was spending $10k per child.

Furthermore when I fell on hard times and my kids had to go to public school, it was a full two years before they 'dumbed down' to be even with the state's curriculum.

Eye-opening. I would simply NOT have my kids in public school anymore. Especially now that home schooling options have blossomed.