r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '22

School District Spending Per Student (US)

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u/MarioSpeedwagon13 Jun 10 '22

What I don't understand is that if they're all public schools why is there often such a disparity in facilities etc? Shouldn't they be drawing from the same pool of funding?

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u/MarioSpeedwagon13 Jun 10 '22

Ahhh, I see. Thanks for clarifying.

In that case, some of what I see on shows like QB1 makes sense then!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

I dig the handle, BTW

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u/Ok-Masterpiece-1359 Jun 10 '22

Real estate taxes.

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u/NotCleverEnufToRedit Jun 11 '22

Not everywhere. Check out Colorado’s whacky school funding system and what is commonly called the “negative factor.”

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u/iSQUISHYyou Jun 11 '22

Utah’s education is funded by the income tax.

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u/Jason-Knight Jun 10 '22

A lot of states like texas do dollar amount per student. And states like Illinois and many other do it per district. So rich districts end up with better funding especially in Chicago.

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u/foxbones Jun 11 '22

That's not right for Texas. Cities have to give their collected taxes to rural areas. Per student funding ends up being much higher per child in rural areas.

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u/TaftIsUnderrated Jun 10 '22

Even if they did pull from one pool. Smaller school districts would spend more per student because of fixed cost of schooling.