Students

This is information available on the Internet that most people are somewhat aware of but many may wonder why. In 2019, the United States spent $15,500 per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student on elementary and secondary education, which was 38 percent higher than the average of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries of $11,300 (in constant 2021 U.S. dollars). At the post secondary level, the United States spent $37,400 per FTE student, which was more than double the average of OECD countries ($18,400; in constant 2021 U.S. dollars). Here is one possibility. One local school district here that is representative of most districts has 2,100 teachers and 1,900 staff. The University of MN has 4,000 teachers and 20,000 staff. I am sure these figures can be justified by the people in education but they seem out of line to the average person. Between 2000 and 2017 in K-12 education the number of administrative staff increased by 75%, the number of Principal and Asst Principals increased by 33% and the number of teachers increased by 8%. During this time the number of K 12 students increased by 5%.