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by todd8 2547 days ago
Data on spending per pupil in the US largest school districts [1] reveals that San Francisco spends $13,718 per pupil. San Francisco spends more per pupil than the US average.

OECD Data [2] indicates that overall the US spends on average $13,084 per pupil on secondary education. This is ahead of 31 of the other OECD countries. Only 4 OECD countries spend more than the US per pupil, and only 3 OECD countries (Norway, Austria, and Luxembourg) spend more than San Francisco per pupil.

Several other sources of analysis of per pupil spending are included below.

[1] https://ballotpedia.org/Analysis_of_spending_in_America%27s_...

[2] https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/education-spending.htm

[3] https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/apr/21/je...

[4] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/07/us-education...