With thanks to Education Week, do you know that…?
*** The 2024-25 School Year Money Train:
+ + Federal Spending: $ $119.1 billion (About $2,400 per student)
++ State Spending: $383.9 billion (About $7,738 per student)
+ + Local Spending: $375.2 billion (About $7562 per student
+ + Total Public K-12 Spending: $875.2 billion (About $17,277 per student)
*** Estimated annual teacher salary: $74,177
++ Lowest: Mississippi at $55,086
++ Highest: California at $103,379
***About 70% or about 4.7 million teachers are in a union.
++ About 58% lean toward the Democratic Party
++ About 35% lean toward the Republican Party
***Among our traditional public schools, there are:
++ 23,810 high schools
++ 16,298 middle schools
++ 52,474 elementary schools
++ 1,570 pre-K schools
*** About enrollment:
++ 48.2 million kids are in traditional public schools
++ 3.71 million kids are in public charter schools
*** America’s 5 largest school districts:
++ New York City: 859,514 students
++ Los Angeles: 435,958
++ Chicago: 329,836
++ Miami-Dade County, FL: 328589
++ Clark County, NV: 315,787
*** On the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP):
++32% of high school seniors scored “Below Basic” in reading.
++ 45% of high school seniors score “Below Basic” in math.
*** About cell phones:
++ 35 states have enacted usage regulations. (Florida was the first in 2023).
++ 72% of teens say they sometimes or often check their phones right after waking up.
With good wishes for the 2025-26 school year, Carol
