New York State Information

	New York	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$10,002	$7,734	3
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	22.3	21.2	42
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$35,259	$29,564	4
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$53,017	$45,771	6
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	64 %	71 %	40
Black	42 %	56 %
Hispanic	36 %	52 %
White	81 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.