Education Week has an interactive map of state spending and state grades.
- New York spent the most money per pupil at $20,744.
- Utah spent the least — only $6,751.
- The national average is $11,454 per student.
Now here’s where the alleged causality of school spending fails.
- New York gets a C+ overall in K-12 achievement
- Utah earned a C overall in K-12 achievement
Bottom line: New York spends three times as much per student and gets the same results as low-ball Utah.