Oklahoma State Information

	Oklahoma	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$6,908	$7,734	41
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	18.6	21.2	10
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$27,684	$29,564	33
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$33,277	$45,771	50
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	79 %	71 %	9
Black	70 %	56 %
Hispanic	59 %	52 %
White	81 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.