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Introduction
Choose Your Scenario
Model District Cost Drivers



Elementary Schools
Class Size and Planning Time
Small Group Support
Individual Tutoring
Staffing Strategies



Secondary Schools
Class Size and Scheduling
Staffing Strategies



Professional Development
School-based PD
Individual Careers/Other PD



Compensation and Time
Teacher Compensation
Instructional Time



Reports and Results
Budget Summary
Per Pupil Costs

The Per Pupil Costs page summarizes total spending for the district and measures how all options chosen on previous pages affect spending for particular student types and programs at the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels.

After you have reviewed the Per Pupil Cost results, you can experiment by entering values into the yellow revised $/pupil fields below. Entering these values will allow you to see how adjusting the budget of one group or another affects total expenditures.

    Please note that any changes made using the revised $/pupil fields below will only be used on this page. Changes made in these fields will not affect data entered on any of the other pages.

all levels
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total dollars
base case
total pupils
base case
$/pupil
base case
ratio
regular ed students only
english language learners
special ed. (not self-contained)
special ed. (self-contained)
subtotal
free & reduced lunch eligible
elementary students
base case
total dollars
base case
total pupils
base case
$/pupil
base case
ratio
redesigned
$/pupil
redesigned
total dollars
difference % difference
regular ed students only
english language learners
special ed. (not self-contained)
special ed. (self-contained)
subtotal
free & reduced lunch eligible
middle school students
base case
total dollars
base case
total pupils
base case
$/pupil
base case
ratio
redesigned
$/pupil
redesigned
total dollars
difference % difference
regular ed students only
english language learners
special ed. (not self-contained)
special ed. (self-contained)
subtotal
free & reduced lunch eligible
high school students
base case
total dollars
base case
total pupils
base case
$/pupil
base case
ratio
redesigned
$/pupil
redesigned
total dollars
difference % difference
regular ed students only
english language learners
special ed. (not self-contained)
special ed. (self-contained)
subtotal
free & reduced lunch eligible
student instruction
elementary middle high all
teachers salaries & benefits
other instructional salary & benefits
non-salary items
leadership & administration
elementary middle high all
school-level administration
central administration
student services
elementary middle high all
regular ed pupil services
special education pupil services
instructional & school support
elementary middle high all
instructional coaches
all other
operations/facilities
elementary middle high all
utilities, security & other
facilities & maintenance
transportation

 
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This research was supported by the School Finance Redesign Project at the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education through funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grant No. 29252.  The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and are not intended to represent the project, center, university, or foundation.

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