Nevada State Information

	Nevada	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$6,380	$7,734	48
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	20.7	21.2	27
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$32,169	$29,564	15
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$41,795	$45,771	26
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	68 %	71 %	34
Black	66 %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	75 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.