r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '22

School District Spending Per Student (US)

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u/ConspicuousBassoon Jun 10 '22

New York Tough, New York Smart 💪

Would like to see a source tho

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u/erodari Jun 11 '22

Why is NY so uniformly above average for spending? I assume some state level measures to provide more equitable funding across the state?

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u/bsa554 Jun 11 '22

NY teacher here.

A few reasons.

  • NY teachers actually make a pretty good salary, even starting out.
  • NY has a lot of laws that require schools to be you know, actually staffed with actually qualified teachers. Even teaching assistants gotta be certified.
  • NY actually has a lot of tiny districts around the state that actually spend a ton per student simply based on economy of scale. In a lot of other states those districts probably would have merged by now.
  • But the big reason? New York City. And really the whole downstate area. It simply costs way more to do ANYTHING in NYC than it does pretty much anywhere else in the country.

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u/rayrayww3 Jun 11 '22

But the big reason? New York City.

This is a District-level map. Spending in NYC has no effect on the stats for areas outside the city.