Arizona State Information

	Arizona	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$6,010	$7,734	50
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	24.5	21.2	51
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$23,548	$29,564	50
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$39,955	$45,771	31
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	70 %	71 %	33
Black	-- %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	-- %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.