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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)
$12,233 FACT
2020-21 · National Center for Education Statistics
Current spending per pupil (United States)
$14,295 FACT
2020-21 · National Center for Education Statistics
The difference
$2,062 CALC
2020-21 · National Center for Education Statistics
$14,295 − $12,233 = $2,062
Where these figures come from
- National Center for Education Statistics — Digest of Education Statistics table 236.65 (current expenditures per pupil by state, 1969-70 to 2020-21) (opens in a new tab)
Data as of 10 September 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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