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...
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