Robin Hood Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) I found this website while I was trying to search for a yearly activity that takes place in our school district. I found our ps and while I scrolled down the page I noticed a section on finances per student. My district spends $7700.00 per student while my state spends over $10,00.00 per student. I have been in a dream world ever since just imagining what I could do with the $15,400.00 in our little private home school. http://www.greatschools.net/ Under find and compare, type your state and local public school. After it directs you, scroll down to the bottom to see what your district gets per student. I always knew this but what could I ever do about it, so I choose not to think about it. There it was in a sudden stare down with me and my first thought was all the field trips we would take, then all the living books I would add to our library, the school room I could add, the music lessons, the math tutor, oh, oh, oh... Edited September 30, 2008 by Robin Hood grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 For the kindergarten center: $7,270 per student (state average $8,487) 57% instructional 12% support services 11% administration 21% other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I must be reading that graph differently. I see that my district spends $7300 per student while the state average is $9000. That's not an additional $9000 per student, the graph is just showing that my district spends a bit less per student than many other districts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 She's multiplying the $7,700 per student by 2 (the number of kids she has). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 She's multiplying the $7,700 per student by 2 (the number of kids she has). Oh! I see. Best get back to the kitchen...and the coffee pot. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) My town spends $12K per student. But that doesn't mean that if a student leaves they have $12K extra. Most of that money is tied up in fixed costs that will occur even if some of the students leave: salaries, benefits, utilities, and so forth. But I'll daydream with you. If I had $48K to spend on homeschooling ($12K x 4) -- I'd take my 2 who are in PS out immediately. We'd go to Europe and learn history there. I'd find a way to spend it on experiences -- not just travel (in Europe and the US) but also on stuff like piano lessons, season tickets to the symphony, museum memberships ... all sorts of stuff that isn't physical stuff, except for the piano. This would have to be money that could only be spend on education, though, otherwise I'd put it into savings or use it for necessities or to pay down the mortgage. This is why, when I daydream, I pretend I won the Power Ball lottery in the amount of $350,000,000 after taxes, taken in a lump sum. These are just daydreams because I don't buy lottery tickets, btw. Edited September 30, 2008 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticamethyst Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I would love to be able to spend that much money on each of my kids every year for school. But, then I would probably over schedule to make sure they did it all. Wouldn't it be nice for us to use that money with no strings, ah to dream. Microscopes for eveyone, a sport for everyone, and a music for eveyone. No one spends money like the government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 My town spends $12K per student.But I'll daydream with you. If I had $48K to spend on homeschooling -- I'd take my 2 who are in PS out immediately. We'd go to Europe and learn history there. I'd find a way to spend it on experiences -- not just travel (in Europe and the US) but also on stuff like piano lessons, season tickets to the symphony, museum memberships ... all sorts of stuff that isn't physical stuff, except for the piano. Yah, that stuff. Yearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 I would love to be able to spend that much money on each of my kids every year for school. But, then I would probably over schedule to make sure they did it all. Wouldn't it be nice for us to use that money with no strings, ah to dream. Microscopes for eveyone, a sport for everyone, and a music for eveyone. No one spends money like the government. :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula in MS Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Another interesting thing to look at is the cost of private schools vs. the cost of public schools. I looked at an elementary school in our district, the cost was $6,500 per student. There are a couple of private schools in our county that cost around $3,500. They use Abeka or BJU curriculum. The educational level of these students is much higher than our local public school. (And our local school district is one of the best in the state.) What does that say about the efficiency levels of our public schools? The class sizes are much smaller at the private school as well. Just interesting to think about. Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 The teachers get a salary, too, so that's money we would get spend on ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 Another interesting thing to look at is the cost of private schools vs. the cost of public schools. I looked at an elementary school in our district, the cost was $6,500 per student. There are a couple of private schools in our county that cost around $3,500. They use Abeka or BJU curriculum. The educational level of these students is much higher than our local public school. (And our local school district is one of the best in the state.) What does that say about the efficiency levels of our public schools? The class sizes are much smaller at the private school as well. Just interesting to think about. Paula That amount is paid in tuition fees paid by the parent. That feels a little different than government spending. But you're right, you can get an excellent education for much less. Just look at all of us and our kids and what we spend. I just like the dreaming .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I looked at an elementary school in our district, the cost was $6,500 per student. There are a couple of private schools in our county that cost around $3,500. A few weeks ago I looked up a local Christian school's tuition online (for curiosity's sake). For K-6th, it's over $5,000 per student (each additional student gets a discount). That's still apx. $2,000 less than the public schools here. The money for both have to go toward teachers, building costs, administration, etc... I don't see what the difference is that makes the one cost so much more per student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Another interesting thing to look at is the cost of private schools vs. the cost of public schools. I looked at an elementary school in our district, the cost was $6,500 per student. There are a couple of private schools in our county that cost around $3,500. They use Abeka or BJU curriculum. The educational level of these students is much higher than our local public school. (And our local school district is one of the best in the state.) What does that say about the efficiency levels of our public schools? The class sizes are much smaller at the private school as well. Just interesting to think about. Paula In general, teacher salaries are much lower and benefits not as good at private schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Well, I hope they can't trace email addresses from their comment section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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