The average (across the entire US) cost of public education for next school year $17,900 per student. There is money for everything.
Of that $17.9k:
Teachers get = ~$10k
Admin gets = ~1k
Maybe we reduce the number of admin and we would have more $ to cover costs:
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Here are the numbers for bama:
For Alabama (2025):
Teachers: 50,046.68
Total educators reported: 58,423.04
That means there are:
Non-teacher educators: 8,376.36
So the statewide ratio is:
Teachers : all other educational staff = 50,047 : 8,376
≈ 5.97 teachers for every 1 non-teacher educator
