2015’s Cities with the Most & Least Efficient Spending on Education
Boston is #66 on list for least efficient spending on education
| Cities with the Most Efficient Spending on Education | Cities with the Least Efficient Spending on Education | ||||
| 1 | Miami, FL | 81 | St. Paul, MN | ||
| 2 | Grand Rapids, MI | 82 | Syracuse, NY | ||
| 3 | Richmond, VA | 83 | Riverside, CA | ||
| 4 | Mobile, AL | 84 | Worcester, MA | ||
| 5 | Tucson, AZ | 85 | Bakersfield, CA | ||
| 6 | Detroit, MI | 86 | New York, NY | ||
| 7 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 87 | Buffalo, NY | ||
| 8 | Austin, TX | 88 | Springfield, MA | ||
| 9 | Philadelphia, PA | 89 | Yonkers, NY | ||
| 10 | Birmingham, AL | 90 | Rochester, NY | ||
Key Stats
- Education spending per capita is four times higher in Buffalo, N.Y., than in San Francisco.
- The poverty rate is six times higher in Detroit than in Fremont, Calif.
- The median household income is four times higher in Fremont, Calif., than in Cleveland.
- The percentage of children in single-parent families is five times higher in Cleveland than in Fremont, Calif.
- The percentage of households that do not speak English as their first language is 28 times higher in Santa Ana, Calif., than in Jackson, Miss.
- The average standardized test scores are four times better in Corpus Christi, Texas, than in Rochester, N.Y.