Kansas State Information

	Kansas	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$8,206	$7,734	19
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	18.4	21.2	8
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$26,855	$29,564	39
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$38,030	$45,771	39
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	78 %	71 %	14
Black	-- %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	-- %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.