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SFUSD's operating budget (excluding capital expenditure and maybe some other stuff) is $1.1bn. It normally serves 57k students. That's $17k per student per year
by rahimnathwani 5y ago
SFUSD's operating budget (excluding capital expenditure and maybe some other stuff) is $1.1bn. It normally serves 57k students. That's $17k per student per year.
Funding is not the problem.
- zzt123 5y agoPossibly disagree. The cost of living index in San Francisco is somewhat above 250. Let’s round down to 200, so 2x as expensive as the national average. That brings $17k down to $8.5k. The average spend per student in K-12 schools nationally is more than $12k. San Francisco may be significantly underfunded in a nontrivial number of its schools.
- rahimnathwani 5y agoSchools' costs don't vary the way that individuals' costs do, so the COL index isn't a good measure. But, putting that aside, isn't ~$2k per class per day enough, even in San Francisco? If we were to increase funding for SFUSD, would outcomes improve? - [20 students/class] * [$17k/year/student] / [180 days/year]