Missouri State Information

	Missouri	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$7,515	$7,734	32
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	20.9	21.2	30
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$28,075	$29,564	32
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$37,641	$45,771	43
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	76 %	71 %	19
Black	63 %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	79 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.