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PAUSD Spending Compared to Other Top Nationwide School Districts
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PAUSD spends significantly less money per student than many other leading public
school districts in the United States. The differences are even more pronounced
after adjusting for the high cost of living in the Silicon Valley. Adjusted for
cost of living differences, PAUSD:
**
Spends 50 percent fewer dollars per student than the districts listed below
** Employs
15 percent fewer teachers per student
** Pays
its teachers 27 percent less Student
Funding, Teacher Ratio and Compensation Comparisons (2004-2005 Figures)
|
School
District |
Spending per Student
(unadjusted)
|
Cost of Living Multiplier
|
Spending per Student
(adjusted
for COL)
|
Student/Teacher
Ratio
|
Average Teacher
Salary
(unadjusted) |
Average Teacher
Salary
(adjusted
for COL) |
|
Palo
Alto-
10,428
students : K-12 |
$10,768 |
1.00 |
$10,768 |
13 |
$
73,789 |
$
73,789 |
Average of
Districts Below
|
$13,815 |
|
$
21,773 |
11 |
|
$
101,320 |
|
New Trier,
IL
4,025
students : 9-12 |
$ 15,800 |
1.43 |
$ 22,594 |
11 |
$ 74,651
|
$ 106,751
|
|
Shawnee
Mission, KS
27,899
students : K-12 |
$ 6,863 |
2.31 |
$ 15,854 |
13 |
$ 49,240 |
$ 113,744
|
|
Weston,
MA
2,319
students : PK-12 |
$ 10,592 |
1.22 |
$ 12,922 |
10 |
$ 57,935 |
$
70,681 |
|
Edina, MN
7,355
students : PK-12 |
$ 8,158 |
2.18 |
$ 17,784 |
15 |
$ 54,000 |
$ 117,720 |
|
Princeton, NJ
3,275
students : PK-12 |
$ 19,031 |
1.57 |
$ 29,879 |
9 |
$ 56,761 |
$
89,115 |
|
Chappaqua, NY
4,171
students : K-12 |
$ 19,811 |
1.51 |
$ 29,915 |
10 |
$ 79,675* |
$120,308 |
|
Scarsdale, NY
4,593
students : K-12 |
$ 21,599 |
1.24 |
$ 26,783 |
11 |
$ 77,737 |
$ 96,394 |
|
Chapel
Hill, NC
10,986
students : PK-12 |
$ 8,664 |
2.13 |
$ 18,454 |
< 10 |
$ 45,000 |
$ 95,850 |
Note: Figures above are based
on each school district’s 2004-05 projected expenditures collected in a
telephone survey conducted in February and March 2005. Different school
districts may calculate their expenditures differently, and so these numbers may
not be directly comparable. Teacher salaries listed above do not include
benefits. Cost of living figures derived from
www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html.
*
Mid-range (value halfway between highest and lowest paid teachers).
Prepared by Campaign for Excellence Committee community volunteers
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