Table VIII

Current Per-Student Expenditures (1996-97)

1.	New Jersey	$9,455
2.	Alaska	8,900
3.	New York	8,658
4.	Connecticut	8,376
5.	Rhode Island	7,665
6.	Delaware	7,086
7.	Massachusetts	7,069
8.	Pennsylvania	6,967
9.	Michigan	6,954
10.	Maryland	6,547

11.	Wisconsin	6,521
12.	Vermont	6,503
13.	West Virginia	6,406
14.	Maine	6,385
15.	Minnesota	6,041
16.	Wyoming	6,036
17.	New Hampshire	6,014
18.	Oregon	5,988
19.	Virginia	5,920
20.	Indiana	5,886

21.	Washington	5,805
22.	Hawaii	5,720
23.	Iowa	5,720
24.	Georgia	5,585
25.	Texas	5,551
26.	Ohio	5,527
27.	Kansas	5,493
28.	Florida	5,427
29.	Illinois	5,423
30.	Montana	5,380

31.	Kentucky	5,346
32.	California	5,284
33.	Alabama	5,255
34.	Nebraska	5,250
35.	Colorado	5,147
36.	South Carolina	5,105
37.	North Carolina	5,028
38.	Nevada	4,998
39.	Missouri	4,949
40.	New Mexico	4,927

41.	Tennessee	4,898
42.	South Dakota	4,860
43.	North Dakota	4,867
44.	Louisana	4,527
45.	Idaho	4,500
46.	Mississippi	4,269
47.	Oklahoma	4,187
48.	Arkansas	4,172
49.	Arizona	4,048
50.	Utah	3,837

SOURCE: California Teacher's Association