[QUOTE=Hugh R;3830347]Actually, I think Cali spends closer to $6,800/student/year. /QUOTE]
Hugh,
Wait a minute, Sammyg quoted $33K a year. What gives!
Hugh, I think you are closer to the number.
I did a quick search and here are the 2000-2001 numbers (current spending via Rand required a subscription, so this is good enough for a discussion):
Public School Spending Will Be More Accurately Reported
Written By: Alan Bonsteel and Carl Brodt
Published In: School Reform News
Publication Date: June 1, 2003
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
The nation is spending more money on public education than the public has been led to believe. We have helped implement a change to the annual reporting of education statistics that will provide a much more accurate measure of total public education spending. What remains is to make such statistics available on a more timely basis.
In 1999, together with Lance Izumi of the Pacific Research Institute, we helped focus attention on the difficulty of obtaining an accurate figure for per-pupil education spending in
California. We pointed out that the per-pupil revenues for many school districts were much higher than the statewide figures. The recent report from Mike Antonucci’s Education Intelligence Agency, showing per-pupil spending by district, confirmed that point:
* For the 2000-01 school year, current spending per pupil across the state’s 1,036 school districts averaged $6,965.
Let me give you an example of typical Los Angeles urban private school (the one that I attended and my parents paid in full with no state aid of course). Trust me, this is far from being the most expensive.
Here we go (basic tuition):
Now lets not forget the extra misc. fees that "you will need:"
If I were in LA, I would be sending me kids here.
I was hoping that OC offered a better option... Everyone always told me the schools were great here, so I hope that is true.
