Total per pupil expenditures in the Missouri Valley Community School District totals $7,115, while the state average is $7,962.

In 2007, the Pennsylvania per pupil total expenditures was $12,759.

The total per pupil expenditures is $7,055, compared to the state average of $9,052 The attendance rate is 93%, and the graduation rate is 96 percent.

With annual per pupil expenditures now more than $8,000 on average, some as high as $11,000, and with soaring enrollments as well, districts across the state said they were scrambling to find ways to insure that all students attending their schools actually reside in their towns and cities - including hiring full-time investigators.

In this very case, for example, there is a correlation in particular schools of overrepresentation of black principals and administrators, lower per pupil expenditures, and high percentages of black students.