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More than 1.7 Million Children Attend the Five County Region's K-12 System
 

Context: The Education System 2002-2003

  Students Teachers Schools Districts Total Expenditures* $ per student*
Los Angeles Unified School District 746,852 36,185 677 1 $7.6 billion $10,176.04
Los Angeles County 1,736,248 82,447 1,823 83 $16.6 billion $9,560.84
Five County Region 3,147,540 148,091 3,470 191 $28.3 billion $8,991.14
California 6,244,403 309,775 9,100 1,048 $53.8 billion $8,615.71
United States (1999-2000) 47,575,862 2,988,379 94,112 14,559 $337.9 billion $7,102.34

*Note: Expenditures figure here includes not only conventional education spending, but also spending for special education, vocational education, school-based nutrition and health programs, and any other programs delivered by schools and school districts.

Data Source: http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ for students and schools; http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/coord/index.html for districts; ftp://ftp.cde.ca.gov/fiscal/j200_data/0102/ for expenditures; and http://www.nces.ed.gov/quicktables for national data.

  • The Five County Region enrolls 50% of the K-12 students in California.
  • Enrollments are growing both in the core cities and in the outlying areas.

 Last Updated: July 27, 2005

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