The National Education Association’s “Rankings of the States 2017 and Estimates of School Statistics 2018” is more than just a ranking of teacher pay and per-pupil expenditures. It also includes personnel and budget data.
The following table lists the projected percentage change in public school expenditures for the 2017-18 school year:
| CURRENT | OTHER CURRENT | CAPITAL OUTLAY | INTEREST | TOTAL | |
| California | 7.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| North Carolina | 3.0 | 0.0 | 47.6 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| Kansas | 6.4 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 10.7 | 6.4 |
| Nebraska | 4.9 | 8.7 | 15.6 | 8.7 | 5.8 |
| District of Columbia | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 11.3 | 5.5 |
| Alaska | 4.1 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Texas | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
| Oregon | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Delaware | 5.1 | -1.4 | -7.4 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| Washington | 4.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Massachusetts | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| South Carolina | 4.6 | 2.1 | -1.9 | -2.5 | 3.7 |
| Connecticut | 2.9 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| Utah | 3.1 | -7.4 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 3.0 |
| Colorado | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Illinois | 2.8 | -1.1 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| Oklahoma | 2.1 | 5.5 | 7.7 | -3.2 | 2.8 |
| United States | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
| New York | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 2.5 |
| Idaho | 1.9 | 1.9 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| Louisiana | 1.3 | 1.3 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| Maine | 0.3 | -0.7 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 2.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 2.1 |
| New Hampshire | 1.6 | 8.8 | 15.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| New Jersey | 1.9 | -0.8 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
| Georgia | 2.0 | 1.1 | 5.6 | -6.2 | 1.9 |
| Iowa | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Missouri | 1.6 | 0.0 | 4.9 | -0.4 | 1.9 |
| Minnesota | 2.6 | 0.5 | -4.0 | -6.3 | 1.8 |
| Virginia | 2.0 | 0.5 | -1.1 | -0.1 | 1.8 |
| Florida | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.1 | -4.3 | 1.7 |
| Hawaii | 0.9 | 4.9 | -0.3 | 7.3 | 1.7 |
| South Dakota | 1.3 | 13.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 1.7 |
| New Mexico | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Tennessee | 1.5 | 6.0 | 1.4 | -1.0 | 1.5 |
| Kentucky | 1.5 | 0.4 | -4.3 | 5.7 | 1.3 |
| Maryland | 1.4 | 0.2 | -4.5 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| Montana | 1.2 | 1.1 | -9.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Nevada | 0.2 | -6.3 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Vermont | 0.9 | -10.2 | -2.8 | 5.9 | 0.8 |
| Alabama | 0.8 | 2.3 | -4.8 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
| Michigan | 1.3 | -3.5 | -12.1 | 9.0 | 0.6 |
| Rhode Island | 0.3 | 2.7 | -1.1 | 3.6 | 0.6 |
| Wisconsin | 0.1 | 4.4 | 8.9 | -33.2 | 0.5 |
| Mississippi | 0.4 | 6.1 | 2.2 | -1.3 | 0.4 |
| North Dakota | 0.7 | 1.5 | -5.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Wyoming | 1.5 | -13.3 | -6.0 | -13.6 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 0.0 | 0.9 | -0.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Arizona | -0.6 | 10.3 | 0.5 | -2.0 | -0.6 |
| Arkansas | -0.7 | 1.4 | -13.6 | -1.5 | -2.0 |
| West | -3.4 | 4.6 | -19.4 | 0.4 | -4.0 |
| Indiana | -8.4 | -1.1 | -0.5 | 2.3 | -6.2 |
