Utah State Information

	Utah	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$5,132	$7,734	51
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	23.7	21.2	48
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$27,135	$29,564	36
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$38,268	$45,771	38
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	78 %	71 %	12
Black	-- %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	81 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.