New Study Shows Portsmouth as High Achieving, Low-Spending School District

The Center for American Progress, a progressive policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2003, has released a new study on per-pupil funding.

Portsmouth School Committee chair Cynthia Perrotti shared a link to this study, which is the culmination of a yearlong effort to study the efficiency of the nation’s public education system and includes an attempt to evaluate the productivity of almost every major school district in the country.

According to the study, "low productivity costs the nation’s school system as much as $175 billion a year."

The study allows readers to pinpoint a school district and examine the costs locally. According to the center, Portsmouth spends $9,037 per pupil. Portsmouth is considered, based on the study, as a high achieving, low-spending school district. 

To view the interactive map and study, click the link here.