students

Context: The Education System 2004-2005
	Students	Teachers	Schools	Districts	Total Expenditures**	$ per student**
Los Angeles Unified School District	741,367	35,807	721	1	$5.9 billion	$8,302
Los Angeles County	1,734,124	81,309	1,893	87	$11.9 billion	7,168
Five County Region	3,197,197	147,526	3,613	197	$22.4 billion	$7,002
California	6,322,189	306,548	9,397	1,059*	$45.2 billion	$7,244
United States (2001-2002)	47,575,862	2,988,379	94,112	14,564	$357.9 billion	$7,524

*2003-2004 data, from http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/sums03.asp

**Note: 2003-2004 figures. Expenditures figures here include only traditional expenditures, not capital expenditures such as school construction, special education, vocational education, school-based nutrition health programs, or any other program delivered by schools and school districts. For an explanation of California expenditures, see http://edsource.org/pdf/RevenueExpenditures.pdf

Data Source: http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ for students and schools; http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/sums03.asp for districts; http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/Navigation/fsTwoPanel.asp?bottom=%2Fprofile%2Easp%3Flevel%3D05%26reportNumber%3D16 for LAUSD expenditures; http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/fd/ec/documents/currentexpense0304.xls for county expenditures; http://edsource.org/pdf/RevenueExpenditures.pdf for California expenditures; and http://www.nces.ed.gov/quicktables for national data.