EDLD+5343+-+Week+4,+Part+2


 * || District 1 || District 2 ||
 * Total Students || 830 || 32,326 ||
 * Total Revenue per pupil || $10,529 || $10,316 ||
 * Total Operational Expenditures per pupil || $8,611 || $8,908 ||
 * Operational Expenditures as a Percent of Total || 64.3% || 81.9% ||
 * Total Instructional Expenditures per pupil || $4,619 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">$5,494 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Average teacher salary || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">$39,771 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">$50,307 ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The larger district (district 2) has less total revenue per pupil, but more operational expenditures per pupil. Therefore, the economy of scale as described in the lecture does not apply. The larger district in this example has to spend more per pupil on operational expenditures. Overall, the percent of the total expenditures spent on operational costs is 81.9% in the large district and only 64.3% in the small district. This makes sense because the larger district has 45 schools, but the smaller one only has three schools. On the flip side, the larger district spends more money per pupil on instruction than the small district and pays their teachers more money on average. This was explained by the economy of scale in the lecture. Overall, it appears that these two districts are a conundrum. The larger district spends more money on operational expenditures and instructional expenditures, both per pupil and as a percentage of total expenditures.