Michigan State Information

	Michigan	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$8,521	$7,734	14
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	22.0	21.2	36
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$33,596	$29,564	10
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$54,020	$45,771	2
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	78 %	71 %	16
Black	56 %	56 %
Hispanic	48 %	52 %
White	78 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.