Alabama State Information

	Alabama	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2001)	$6,593	$7,376	41
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	18.7	21.1	11
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$31,000	$29,564	20
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$39,524	$45,771	33
Graduation rates (2001) State overall	66 %	70 %	41
Black	59 %	51 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	70 %	72 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.