Source: National Center For Education Statistics | New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project
D.C. has the smallest student population nationwide, yet, in 2011, it spent $5,978 more per student than New York, and still scored lower on fourth-grade math proficiency scores.
*Circles are sized by poverty rate
*Statewide per-pupil expenditure includes total current
expenditures for K-12 education divided by fall student membership
The map displays the change in the percentage of students considered "proficient" by state. Upon hovering over each state, we can see how test scores gains vary by race. Overall there seems to be little correlation between test score gains and increases in per pupil expense.