Originally Posted by Bostonian
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=66
National Center for Education Statistics
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Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States amounted to $638 billion in 2009-10, or about $12,743 per public school student.
That is $153K over 12 years, for the majority, not just the "best and brightest".

And here I thought we were talking about college...