California State Information

	California	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$6,659	$7,734	44
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	22.7	21.2	43
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$34,805	$29,564	5
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$55,693	$45,771	1
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	67 %	71 %	38
Black	59 %	56 %
Hispanic	54 %	52 %
White	76 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.