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Colorado spends less on each pupil than the country does
The federal government publishes spending per pupil for every state on one basis. Here is Colorado against the national average, in the newest school year it covers.
Current spending per pupil (Colorado)
$14,884 FACT
2022-23 · National Center for Education Statistics
Current spending per pupil (United States)
$16,560 FACT
2022-23 · National Center for Education Statistics
The difference
$1,676 CALC
2022-23 · National Center for Education Statistics
$16,560 − $14,884 = $1,676
Every year of this chart, on the Education page
Where these figures come from
- National Center for Education Statistics — Digest of Education Statistics 2025, table 236.75 (total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment, by state, 2022-23) (opens in a new tab)
Data as of 15 October 2026. Every figure here is read from the checked Colorado dataset when this page is built, so a correction to the data corrects this page. Nothing on it was typed by hand.
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