Data visualization tools
The links below direct to different data visualizations, all of which present data from either our State Indicators Database or District Cost Database. The visualizations are all updated annually with the latest data, and they are divided into three categories:
- One-page state profiles: view one-page PDF summaries of each state’s system
- District visualization: display adequacy estimates for over 12,000 individual school districts
- State visualizations: display individual states’ estimates for a selection of measures
Additional information about each visualization can be found on its webpage. You can also download the full datasets in Excel or Stata format.
One-page state profiles
One-page state finance profiles
Single-page summaries of the effort, adequacy and fairness of each state’s school finance system.
SFID data source: State Indicators Database
District visualization
District spending adequacy profiles
Compare actual and estimated adequate spending levels for 12,000 U.S. public school districts between 2009-19.
SFID data source: District Cost Database
State visualizations
State spending adequacy
Compare actual and estimated adequate spending within states, by district poverty quintile (2009-2019).
SFID data source: State Indicators Database
State funding progressivity
Differences in revenue between high and zero poverty districts for each state (1993-2019).
SFID data source: State Indicators Database
State fiscal effort
State and national trends in GSP- and income-based fiscal effort (2004-2019).
SFID data source: State Indicators Database
Relationships between state indicators
Create scatterplots comparing the relationships between your choice of two state indicators (2019 only).
SFID data source: State Indicators Database
State teacher wage penalties
Teacher/non-teacher wage gaps for each state and nationally, by teacher age (2000-2019).
SFID data source: State Indicators Database
Visualizations designed by Bilan Jama, Emilee O’Brien, and Lauren Schneider
Latest News
NEW RELEASE: SECOND EDITION OF DISTRICT COST DATABASE
February 2022: Evaluate K-12 funding adequacy for 12,000 districts between 2009-19. Download the full dataset or see results for your district with the DCD data visualization tool.
Latest Annual Report
The Adequacy and Fairness of State School Finance Systems (fourth edition)
The fourth edition of our annual report presenting findings on effort, adequacy, and progressivity in state school finance systems. Published December 2021. Read the report.
Latest Research Briefs
Segregation and School Funding: How Housing Discrimination Reproduces Unequal Opportunity
An analysis of the historical and contemporary relationship between segregation and K-12 school funding. Published June 2022. Read the report.