Georgia State Information

	Georgia	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$7,923	$7,734	21
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	19.7	21.2	16
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$33,919	$29,564	8
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$45,414	$45,771	16
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	56 %	71 %	49
Black	48 %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	63 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.