The phrase "average per pupil" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing financial or educational statistics related to the average amount of resources allocated or spent per student in a school or educational system.
Example: "The average per pupil expenditure in our district has increased over the past few years, reflecting our commitment to improving education."
Alternatives: "average per student" or "mean per pupil".
Mr. Draper says his proposal will bring California spending up to the national average per pupil.
DESPITE the district's high scores, it spends nearly $1,200 less than the state average per pupil annually.
While countries in the region often spend as much or more than the world average per pupil, the results are frequently far below average.
He also noted that while Albany historically gave the city less than the statewide average per pupil, that disparity has been erased in recent years.
EDUCATION New York's average per pupil cost of more than $15,000 is well above the national average of about $11,000.
That is certainly a reflection of the city's abysmal public-school system, which spends nearly twice the national average per pupil but graduates only a third of its high-school students.
At that time, the school district's per-pupil spending was $13,000, higher than today's national average per-pupil spending of $11,000.
With the average per-pupil cost at about $12,000, taxpayers want to be assured that a student's "permanent home is located within the school district," Mr. Vespucci said.
Paderewski -- where enrollment has declined by 60 percent since 2000, to 134 this school year -- spent $20,232 per student in the 2009-10 school year, about double the average per-pupil spending in Chicago elementary schools.
If a foundation raises money for a district with a high percentage of children eligible for free lunch, it could offer a double deduction; for a district below the average in per-pupil spending, the standard deduction; for a district with few poor children and higher than average per-pupil spending, no deduction.
The average per-pupil funding from the state now is $6,400.
