Average New Jersey per-student spending is close to $19K, new report finds

NJ.com reports:

New Jersey schools spent an average of $18,891 to educate each student last year, an increase of $866, or almost 5 percent, from 2012, according to figures released yesterday by the New Jersey Department of Education, with costs varying widely among districts.

The annual "Taxpayer’s Guide to Education Spending" showed wealthy Avalon Borough in Cape May County at the top of the list of districts and charter schools, spending $43,775 a student. The lowest district, Rockaway Borough, spent $12,587.

Seven of the districts spent more than $30,000 a student, and 22 others spent more than $25,000. The county special education districts were not included in the information made available.

High cost, poor results: public education in America today.