Wisconsin State Information

	Wisconsin	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$9,027	$7,734	8
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	20.8	21.2	29
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$27,277	$29,564	35
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$41,617	$45,771	27
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	85 %	71 %	3
Black	50 %	56 %
Hispanic	58 %	52 %
White	91 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.