K-12 Education Spending Spotlight 2025 - Annual Public School Spending Nears $1 Trillion
November 21, 2025
November 21, 2025
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 21 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Nov. 20, 2025:
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K-12 Education Spending Spotlight 2025: Annual public school spending nears $1 trillion
Eight states spend more than $25,000 per student: New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Rhode Island and Hawaii. Public school enrollment fell in 39 states from 2020 to 2023.
By Aaron Garth Smith and Jordan Campbel . . .
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K-12 Education Spending Spotlight 2025: Annual public school spending nears $1 trillion
Eight states spend more than $25,000 per student: New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Rhode Island and Hawaii. Public school enrollment fell in 39 states from 2020 to 2023.
By Aaron Garth Smith and Jordan Campbel . . .