First, input your district's per pupil cost:
(National average is $10,000)		 $
Online Courses
Early Graduation
Private Education
Home Schooling
See what your school district could save by having students take a quarter of their classes from highly-rated online sources.
Cost of Online Course:
(A very good one can cost $200)		 $
Average Number of Courses/Year
Number of Pupils:
     
Annual Savings:
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Calculators written by Lewis M. Andrews, Ph.D., Yankee Institute for Public Policy
Design & programming by River Design

You can find the per pupil cost and school census by calling the business office of your school district, by calling the education reporter at your local newspaper, or by contacting a member of your local Board of Education. Googling on "online courses" will show you what is available.

You can find the per pupil cost and school census by calling the business office of your school district, by calling the education reporter at your local newspaper, or by contacting a member of your local Board of Education. An appropriate payment for early graduation should equal at least the 2-year tuition for community college.

You can find the per pupil cost and school census by calling the business office of your school district, by calling the education reporter at your local newspaper, or by contacting a member of your local Board of Education. You can usually find the tuition for a particular private school by going to its website. Sending some kids to private school as an alternative to new school construction can save even small districts hundreds of millions.

You can find the per pupil cost and school census by calling the business office of your school district, by calling the education reporter at your local newspaper, or by contacting a member of your local Board of Education.

The national average is $10,000.