Table 4. Current expenditures per student in membership for public elementary and secondary school districts at the 5th percentile, median and 95th percentile, federal range ratio, number of districts, and number of students, by state: School year 2003-04
State	Current expenditures per student in membership			Federal range ratio1	Number of districts	Number of students in membership
	5th percentile	Median	95th percentile
United States	$5,855	$7,860	$14,067	1.40	13,932	47,669,953
Alabama	5,684	6,418	7,890	0.39	129	730,418
Alaska	7,643	14,667	23,491	2.07	52	133,138
Arizona	5,388	7,179	16,184	2.00	214	895,911
Arkansas	5,713	6,540	9,033	0.58	308	453,491
California	6,009	7,118	12,100	1.01	971	6,212,057
Colorado	6,166	7,768	13,257	1.15	178	756,319
Connecticut	9,011	10,483	14,140	0.57	166	552,505
Delaware	7,745	9,952	11,277	0.46	16	105,771
District of Columbia	†	12,801	†	†	1	65,099
Florida	6,031	6,853	8,312	0.38	67	2,592,997
Georgia	6,477	7,423	9,743	0.50	180	1,522,424
Hawaii	†	8,369	†	†	1	183,609
Idaho	5,130	6,815	11,350	1.21	113	252,013
Illinois	5,805	7,511	11,887	1.05	885	2,079,027
Indiana	6,451	7,466	10,048	0.56	292	1,005,587
Iowa	6,227	7,067	9,471	0.52	369	481,226
Kansas	6,469	8,243	11,193	0.73	300	469,622
Kentucky	5,807	6,685	8,400	0.45	176	663,886
Louisiana	6,147	7,263	9,194	0.50	68	721,414
Maine	7,886	9,771	16,000	1.03	223	201,215
Maryland	8,214	8,809	10,811	0.32	24	869,113
Massachusetts	8,125	9,894	15,506	0.91	301	937,759
Michigan	6,761	7,788	10,757	0.59	570	1,672,602
Minnesota	6,573	7,773	10,680	0.62	345	822,130
Mississippi	5,359	6,370	8,508	0.59	152	492,557
Missouri	5,491	6,717	9,896	0.80	522	914,055
Montana	5,526	8,708	19,400	2.51	436	148,166
Nebraska	5,385	8,400	14,667	1.72	489	284,163
Nevada	6,108	7,983	21,246	2.48	17	385,414
New Hampshire	7,313	9,449	13,902	0.90	162	203,359
New Jersey	9,707	11,881	16,503	0.70	551	1,342,559
New Mexico	6,462	9,204	15,159	1.35	89	323,066
New York	9,837	12,421	19,286	0.96	683	2,843,105
North Carolina	6,128	6,960	8,753	0.43	117	1,325,707
North Dakota	5,612	8,456	14,735	1.63	209	101,826
Ohio	6,558	7,463	10,115	0.54	611	1,797,664
Oklahoma	5,095	6,568	10,450	1.05	541	625,826
Oregon	6,312	7,562	16,154	1.56	196	549,188
Pennsylvania	7,046	8,439	11,501	0.63	500	1,756,012
Rhode Island	8,341	9,961	13,338	0.60	36	156,997
South Carolina	6,140	7,137	9,181	0.50	85	696,376
South Dakota	5,933	7,282	12,535	1.11	169	125,156
Tennessee	5,285	5,987	7,673	0.45	135	911,624
Texas	6,230	7,476	12,483	1.00	1,046	4,273,040
Utah	4,558	5,862	11,158	1.45	40	487,311
Vermont	7,543	9,947	13,878	0.84	240	93,705
Virginia	6,695	7,552	10,757	0.61	132	1,191,035
Washington	6,469	7,477	17,975	1.78	296	1,020,990
West Virginia	7,535	8,496	9,479	0.26	55	280,561
Wisconsin	7,763	8,954	11,186	0.44	426	874,233
Wyoming	8,329	10,446	19,057	1.29	48	86,925
Independent charter school districts	4,397	6,851	12,889	1.93	1,261	365,416
† Not applicable. The District of Columbia and Hawaii consist of one school district each. 1 The federal range ratio indicates the difference between the total current expenditure per student of the district at the 95th percentile and the district at the 5th percentile, divided by the amount for the district at the 5th percentile. A federal range ratio of zero would represent complete spending equity across districts. NOTE: Current expenditures includes instruction, support services, and noninstruction services, but exclude payments to other school districts and payments to private schools. National figures do not include independent charter school districts. National and state figures include charter schools that are affiliated with regular school districts. Only regular school districts matching the Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," with student membership greater than zero, and current expenditures per student between $2,500 and $35,000 were used in creating the national and state figures; 84.5 percent of the school districts met this criterion. Charter school districts with revenues greater than zero and expenditures greater than zero were included in the charter school analysis; 100 percent of charter school districts met this criterion. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey" (F-33), FY 2004, Version 1a.