[klondike_]

It depends heavily on your location. Public schools are generally assigned based on the student's primary address, so houses in good school districts tend to attract a premium. This leaves schools in poor areas chronically underfunded and understaffed

[Amezarak]

Even “poor” schools in the US are generally receiving more funding per student than the average school in other countries.

The “bad” public schools are a result of increasing and spreading social dysfunction (see the other comment in this thread about drug dogs), not funding.