Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Education in California" in English language version.
I think that will building for the future because so many of our kids almost about 30% are either undocumented or don't speak English.
NOTE: Adult education, community services and other nonelementary-secondary program expenditures are excluded.
... California spending per resident on K–12 schools was about average among the states, but while teacher pay was among the highest, the state trailed others in teachers and support staff per student.
According to a federal study, 75 percent of schools in California, a total of 13,096 schools, reported that they needed funds for repairs, renovation and modernization, just to bring their schools up to a level they would consider "good."
This chart includes two places, District of Columbia, and the US average, so the number rankings rank 52 total entities; this needs to be understood when viewing these rankings.
For state and local government spending, we rely primarily on the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances for fiscal year 2012, as revised and released on October 23, 2015.1. For state and local government employment and payroll, we draw from the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Government Employment and Payroll survey for full-time equivalent employees in March 2012.
NOTE: Adult education, community services and other nonelementary-secondary program expenditures are excluded.
For state and local government spending, we rely primarily on the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances for fiscal year 2012, as revised and released on October 23, 2015.1. For state and local government employment and payroll, we draw from the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Government Employment and Payroll survey for full-time equivalent employees in March 2012.
... California spending per resident on K–12 schools was about average among the states, but while teacher pay was among the highest, the state trailed others in teachers and support staff per student.
