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US Public Schools by State

The United States has over 98,000 public schools serving more than 49 million students across 18,000+ school districts in all 50 states and DC. Per-pupil spending ranges from under $9,000 in the lowest-funded states to over $25,000 in the highest — a gap that shapes classroom resources, teacher pay, and student outcomes. Use this directory to explore enrollment, funding, graduation rates, and opportunity scores for every state's public education system.

98,707
Public Schools
49.4M
Students Enrolled
18,147
School Districts
$14,347
Nat'l Avg Per-Pupil
86.5%
Nat'l Avg Grad Rate

State Rankings

💰Highest Per-Pupil Spending
  1. 1Pennsylvania$97,525
  2. 2Oregon$50,547
  3. 3Washington$50,309
  4. 4New Jersey$47,079
  5. 5District of Columbia$42,627
🎓Highest Graduation Rates
  1. 1Kentucky93.3%
  2. 2Connecticut92.9%
  3. 3New Jersey91.9%
  4. 4West Virginia91.7%
  5. 5Tennessee91.6%
🏫Largest School Systems
  1. 1California5.8M students
  2. 2Texas5.5M students
  3. 3Florida2.9M students
  4. 4New York2.5M students
  5. 5Illinois1.9M students
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54 states

Northeast

CTTop Funded
Connecticut
998 schools·197 districts
$28,931per pupil
92.9%grad rate
METop Funded
Maine
569 schools·209 districts
$25,124per pupil
84.0%grad rate
MATop Funded
Massachusetts
1,821 schools·398 districts
$28,509per pupil
91.5%grad rate
NHTop Funded
New Hampshire
493 schools·192 districts
$34,704per pupil
87.4%grad rate
NJTop Funded
New Jersey
2,524 schools·678 districts
$47,079per pupil
91.9%grad rate
NYTop Funded
New York
4,791 schools·1,089 districts
$32,019per pupil
87.8%grad rate
PATop Funded
Pennsylvania
2,923 schools·749 districts
$97,525per pupil
89.6%grad rate
RITop Funded
Rhode Island
306 schools·62 districts
$24,324per pupil
87.5%grad rate
VTTop Funded
Vermont
301 schools·106 districts
$28,298per pupil
84.8%grad rate

South

ALTop Grad Rate
Alabama
1,485 schools·146 districts
$14,511per pupil
91.5%grad rate
AR
Arkansas
1,076 schools·283 districts
$14,269per pupil
87.1%grad rate
DETop Funded
Delaware
225 schools·42 districts
$18,485per pupil
88.6%grad rate
DCTop Funded
District of Columbia
241 schools·61 districts
$42,627per pupil
76.2%grad rate
FL
Florida
4,146 schools·75 districts
$12,753per pupil
87.9%grad rate
GA
Georgia
2,300 schools·223 districts
$15,679per pupil
86.6%grad rate
KYTop Funded
Kentucky
1,527 schools·174 districts
$16,719per pupil
93.3%grad rate
LATop Funded
Louisiana
1,332 schools·193 districts
$18,624per pupil
81.4%grad rate
MDTop Funded
Maryland
1,409 schools·26 districts
$28,238per pupil
89.6%grad rate
MS
Mississippi
1,037 schools·159 districts
$14,449per pupil
84.0%grad rate
NC
North Carolina
2,689 schools·325 districts
$13,042per pupil
84.5%grad rate
OK
Oklahoma
1,770 schools·546 districts
$14,178per pupil
83.7%grad rate
SCTop Funded
South Carolina
1,229 schools·90 districts
$17,188per pupil
83.8%grad rate
TNTop Grad Rate
Tennessee
1,871 schools·148 districts
$16,278per pupil
91.6%grad rate
TXTop Funded
Texas
9,020 schools·1,208 districts
$18,277per pupil
89.1%grad rate
VA
Virginia
1,858 schools·132 districts
$16,302per pupil
87.3%grad rate
WVTop Funded
West Virginia
644 schools·56 districts
$18,656per pupil
91.7%grad rate

Midwest

ILTop Funded
Illinois
4,170 schools·922 districts
$20,102per pupil
—grad rate
IN
Indiana
1,906 schools·422 districts
$15,078per pupil
88.0%grad rate
IATop Funded
Iowa
1,318 schools·328 districts
$17,386per pupil
91.0%grad rate
KSTop Funded
Kansas
1,347 schools·291 districts
$19,661per pupil
85.1%grad rate
MITop Funded
Michigan
3,491 schools·886 districts
$37,188per pupil
81.4%grad rate
MNTop Funded
Minnesota
2,611 schools·553 districts
$26,183per pupil
81.2%grad rate
MO
Missouri
2,451 schools·564 districts
$15,564per pupil
87.8%grad rate
NETop Funded
Nebraska
1,074 schools·270 districts
$21,710per pupil
83.2%grad rate
NDTop Funded
North Dakota
517 schools·181 districts
$22,170per pupil
78.0%grad rate
OHTop Funded
Ohio
3,597 schools·990 districts
$17,120per pupil
82.3%grad rate
SD
South Dakota
727 schools·172 districts
$16,272per pupil
78.1%grad rate
WITop Funded
Wisconsin
2,220 schools·455 districts
$18,944per pupil
90.8%grad rate

West

AKTop Funded
Alaska
496 schools·54 districts
$36,093per pupil
72.5%grad rate
AZTop Funded
Arizona
2,441 schools·703 districts
$16,564per pupil
70.3%grad rate
CATop Funded
California
10,122 schools·2,047 districts
$29,103per pupil
79.9%grad rate
COTop Funded
Colorado
1,898 schools·185 districts
$22,657per pupil
81.0%grad rate
HITop Funded
Hawaii
294 schools·1 districts
$19,381per pupil
84.8%grad rate
ID
Idaho
781 schools·182 districts
$12,804per pupil
79.8%grad rate
MTTop Funded
Montana
830 schools·402 districts
$23,403per pupil
78.4%grad rate
NVTop Funded
Nevada
741 schools·22 districts
$18,430per pupil
81.8%grad rate
NMTop Funded
New Mexico
923 schools·188 districts
$19,045per pupil
72.8%grad rate
ORTop Funded
Oregon
1,273 schools·206 districts
$50,547per pupil
80.2%grad rate
UT
Utah
1,093 schools·156 districts
$12,252per pupil
85.6%grad rate
WATop Funded
Washington
2,536 schools·337 districts
$50,309per pupil
81.8%grad rate
WYTop Funded
Wyoming
359 schools·59 districts
$24,788per pupil
79.4%grad rate
School and district counts, enrollment, per-pupil spending, and graduation rates are sourced from the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts (2021-22 / 2022-23 school year). Opportunity scores are from the Opportunity Atlas (Harvard/Census). National averages may differ slightly from state-reported figures due to methodology. Full methodology →