Total per pupil expenditures in the Missouri Valley Community School District totals $7,115, while the state average is $7,962.

The current per pupil expenditure is $12,520.

In 2007, the Pennsylvania per pupil total expenditures was $12,759.

While the city's average per pupil expenditure of $7,100 is about average for the state, it is eaten away by administrative and maintenance costs.

The total per pupil expenditures is $7,055, compared to the state average of $9,052 The attendance rate is 93%, and the graduation rate is 96 percent.

When originally passed in 1975, Congress established a maximum funding level for the program of 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure of American students.

The average per pupil expenditure was $10,738, and the pupil/teacher ratio was 15.2:1.

In addition to start-up funds, and per pupil expenditures, many of the charter schools will do their own fund raising.

The state average per pupil expenditure in 1975-76 was $1,550, compared to $3,952 in 1984-85.

The only way to achieve relative parity in per pupil expenditures nationwide is for the federal government to step in as the leading source.