After three decades, Utah still ranks last in the nation for per-pupil spending. While a lot of it has to do with large class sizes, education advocates said the state’s recent income tax cuts could also be to blame.
Utah currently spends roughly $6,555 per student, while the national average is $10,700 per student.
“We’ve been dead last for a long, long time, in terms of per-pupil funding,” said Shawn Teigen with the Utah Foundation. “If you look at funding effort, that is something where we used to be quite good, and where now, we’ve slipped over the last couple years.”
Utah ranks 51st in the nation for per-pupil spending.
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