A Numbers View of American K-12 Education

National Metrics: School Districts: 13,588 Schools: 132,183 K-12 Students: 54,876,000 Total Public Funding: $597,485,869,000 Federal: $75.99 billion (12.7% of total) State: $259.8 billion (43.5% of total) Local: $261.7 billion (43.8% of total) Public School Breakdown: Schools: 98,817 Students: 49,484,181 Homeschool Students: 1,508,000 Teachers: 3,099,095 Student : Teacher Ratio 16.0:1 Per Student Budget: $13,041 Average Teacher Salary: … →