Iowa State Information

	Iowa	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$8,319	$7,734	17
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	20.1	21.2	23
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$26,967	$29,564	38
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$38,000	$45,771	40
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	85 %	71 %	2
Black	61 %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	87 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.