Public School Funding in the Mountain West, 2020-2021

Authors

Sean Curry, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Mohit Pande, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Olivia K. Cheche, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

8-21-2025

Publication Title

K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 12

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

3

Abstract

This fact sheet examines the state of public school funding across the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are sourced from the Education Law Center’s 2023 Making the Grade report, which provides data for all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The original report provides grades for school funding, enrollment data, and funding data based on the 2020-2021 school year.

Keywords

Education; Funding; Enrollment; Poverty; Arizona; Colorado; Nevada; New Mexico; Utah

Disciplines

Economics | Education | Education Economics | Education Policy | Inequality and Stratification

File Format

pdf

File Size

198 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Curry, S., Pande, M., Cheche, O.K., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2025). Public School Funding in the Mountain West, 2020-2021. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 12, 1-3

Repository Citation

Curry, S., Pande, M., Cheche, O. K., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2025). Public School Funding in the Mountain West, 2020-2021. K-12 Education Fact Sheet No. 12 1-3.
Available at: https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_k12/13