Ohio State Information

	Ohio	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$8,165	$7,734	20
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	22.7	21.2	44
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$28,866	$29,564	27
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$45,515	$45,771	15
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	78 %	71 %	10
Black	55 %	56 %
Hispanic	55 %	52 %
White	83 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.