DRAFT REPORT DEC. 1998
	Per Pupil Expenditures		% of K-12 Ed. Paid for by the Legislature		HS Completion Rate
	1997-1998		Dec. 98 Report		Dec. 98 Report
1	Alaska	10650	Hawaii	90.3	Connecticut	96.1
2	New Jersey	10427	Michigan	81.8	Minnesota	95.3
3	New York	9812	New Mexico	70.4	Maryland	93.4
4	Connecticut	9218	Washington	68.2	Nebraska	93.3
5	Delaware	8576	Delaware	67.3	North Dakota	93
6	Rhode Island	8429	Arkansas	66.1	Hawaii	92.6
7	Vermont	7925	Kentucky	66	Wisconsin	92.5
8	Massachusetts	7861	North Carolina	65.8	Massachusetts	92
9	Pennsylvania	7752	Idaho	64.7	Maine	91.8
10	Michigan	7673	Alabama	64.5	Kansas	91.6
11	Maryland	7375	Alaska	63.6	Iowa	91.6
12	Wisconsin	7272	West Virginia	62.8	Utah	91.3
13	West Virginia	7110	Utah	62.6	New York	90.9
14	Maine	7107	Oklahoma	62.5	Montana	89.8
15	Minnesota	6727	Oregon	61.7	South Dakota	89.6
16	Oregon	6719	Kansas	58.7	Pennsylvania	89.6
17	Indiana	6642	Minnesota	57.3	Wyoming	89.4
18	Virginia	6569	Mississippi	56.8	West Virginia	89.3
19	New Hampshire	6556	California	56.8	Illinois	89.3
20	Ohio	6539	Wisconsin	55	Michigan	89.1
21	Washington	6488	Iowa	54.1	Delaware	88.8
22	Illinois	6363	Indiana	54.1	South Carolina	88.4
23	Kansas	6348	South Carolina	52.4	Indiana	88.3
24	Wyoming	6312	Georgia	52.3	Missouri	88
25	Texas	6291	Tennessee	51.5	Colorado	87.9
26	Kentucky	6283	Louisiana	49.8	Alaska	87.8
27	Montana	6237	Montana	48.6	Ohio	87.7
28	Georgia	6177	Florida	48.5	New Hampshire	87.7
29	Florida	6137	Arizona	48.1	Rhode Island	87.5
30	Hawaii	6127	Wyoming	48	North Carolina	87.2
31	New Mexico	5865	Maine	44.9	Vermont	87
32	Nebraska	5846	Colorado	44.5	Oklahoma	87
33	North Carolina	5830	Ohio	43.3	New Jersey	87
34	Iowa	5713	Texas	43	Washington	86.8
35	Colorado	5704	Rhode Island	42.4	Alabama	86.8
36	Nevada	5601	North Dakota	41.7	Arkansas	86.7
37	Missouri	5597	Pennsylvania	41.2	Virginia	86.6
38	Tennessee	5591	Connecticut	40.4	Arizona	85.8
39	South Carolina	5555	New York	40.3	Idaho	85.2
40	California	5345	Maryland	40.3	Mississippi	83.9
41	Arkansas	5222	Missouri	40	Tennessee	83.3
42	Louisiana	5194	New Jersey	37.7	New Mexico	82.7
43	South Dakota	5166	Nebraska	37.2	Louisiana	82.2
44	Alabama	5110	Virginia	37.1	Kentucky	82.2

45	North Dakota	4978	Massachusetts	36.1	Nevada	81.4
46	Idaho	4973	South Dakota	31.7	Georgia	81.3
47	Arizona	4937	Nevada	31.4	Oregon	81.1
48	Mississippi	4732	Vermont	28	Florida	80.1
49	Oklahoma	4634	Illinois	26.7	Texas	79.3
50	Utah	3900	New Hampshire	6.1	California	78.6
	US Average	6548		49.4		85.8
						12.3.98