School Spending Is Up : The District of Columbia spent $27,067 per pupil in fiscal 2016 and New York spent $24,717, for example, while Idaho spent $8,258 and Utah spent $8,408 in 2016. The nation on average spends $11,841 per student.

Education Week reports:

Despite a growing chorus of teachers and public school advocates complaining about America's spending on its public schools, spending actually increased 2.9 percent between fiscal year 2015 and 2016, according to a report released Thursday by the National Center for Education Statistics.

America collected $678.4 billion for its public schools in the 2016 fiscal year and spent $596.1 billion.

But how that money is divvied up between districts and schools across the country varies dramatically.

The District of Columbia spent $27,067 per pupil in fiscal 2016 and New York spent $24,717, for example, while Idaho spent $8,258 and Utah spent $8,408 in 2016. The nation on average spends $11,841 per student.

Local revenue increased by 3.7 percent, state revenue increased by 4.9 percent, and federal revenue increased by 1.1 percent in that same fiscal year.

Those government schools sure are expensive! You'll notice with what Utah spends, there doesn't appear to be a correlation on spending and high test scores. Just ask Washington D.C.