Connecticut State Information

	Connecticut	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$9,188	$7,734	6
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	20.0	21.2	20
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$28,848	$29,564	28
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$53,962	$45,771	3
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	79 %	71 %	8
Black	61 %	56 %
Hispanic	49 %	52 %
White	88 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.