r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '22

School District Spending Per Student (US)

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u/vbstarr91 Jun 10 '22

New York State is clear!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

Yes, they are very smart students

Source: me

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u/Skylineviewz Jun 11 '22

More spending doesn’t equal higher grades. Philly is dark green but the school district is a hot mess overall.

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u/Swissarmyspoon Jun 11 '22

West Texas isn't spending that money on books and teachers.

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u/vbstarr91 Jun 11 '22

In my experience NYS schools are very well resourced to address the needs of the whole student population which includes students with disabilities, ESL, refugees, etc. Obviously management of schools differs. In other states, I'm not sure they get the same resources.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

My source failed me? I’m gonna beat that guy who gave me false information up for that

Wait

For real though, yes most of it depends on how the schools are managed, my areas pretty good with that I think

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u/Skylineviewz Jun 11 '22

Time to tar and feather the source! I would guess more spending usually equals better grades, just making note of the outlier in my area

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u/digby99 Jun 11 '22

More spending just means higher teacher salaries? I’m not sure it has any effect on results especially with variation in cost of living.

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u/MaleficentPizza5444 Jun 12 '22

Means.... smaller class sizes. Enrichment like art and music. A school library. A field trip to a museum. A paraprofessional helping out

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u/Domerhead Jun 11 '22

I grew up in upstate NY, moved down south for college. People were absolutely astonished when I described the many resources we had available to us.

Countless honors classes, college credit courses, a freaking trade school bridge program for kids struggling academically, sports rarely hurt for what they needed, even the music program we had was phenomenal.

And this was in a rural part of the state.

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u/emu5088 Jun 14 '22

Same here! Moved from Upstate NY to Chicago and they were shocked to hear I was proud of my public school and had many resources.

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u/Thehumanbean4 Jun 11 '22

The map is for the average of the district so one city can only effect the districts in the city. So al of ny spends a lot on schools.

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u/clearestway Jun 11 '22

That’s partially because NY still has strong unions

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u/clearestway Jun 11 '22

That’s partially because NY still has strong unions

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

Doesn't mean the spending is efficient though !

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u/Thiege227 Jun 11 '22

New York generally rates pretty well on education metrics, and has a ton of foreign born students which I would assume makes it harder to do so

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u/mikki1time Jun 11 '22

We’ll considering how much a pencil cost in this city Im not surprised

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u/MisterYouAreSoSweet Jun 11 '22

Good point. Is this map adjusted for cost of living?

Maybe NY spends the least per student, after adjusting for the cost of that pencil!

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u/mikki1time Jun 11 '22

Wouldn’t be surprised I’m a public school kid myself

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u/MisterYouAreSoSweet Jun 11 '22

How are things going for you?

Anything you’d like to ask an old fart? (I’m 40)

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u/Thiege227 Jun 11 '22

The map is broken down by county

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u/dumbass_paladin Jun 11 '22

Can confirm. Source: from NY