Tennessee Ranks 46th in K-12 Education Funding

(From a Nashville Business Journal Article)
Tennessee ranked 46th in the country for its per pupil spending and was about $2,500 below the national average, according to a report released Monday from the U.S. Census Bureau.

As a state, Tennessee spent $7,739 per student in elementary and secondary public schools in the 2007-2008 school year, the report said. The national average was $10,259.

In the U.S. Census’ Public Education Finances 2008 report, the average pupil funding in Tennessee came from $873 in revenue from the federal government, $3,853 from state government and $3,635 from local sources.


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