Instructional spending went up more than $650 per student in each of the three school districts serving Gilbert, but as a percentage of overall budget, it is down to its lowest levels in two districts.
Those numbers are according to the Arizona Auditor General’s annual school spending analysis for fiscal year 2022-23.
In all three cases, the percentage is still above the state average. The state average was $6,253 per student, up $407 dollars from fiscal year 2022-23. But as percentage of budget, it was 53.4%, down from 54.5% the previous year and the lowest the office has recorded for the state.
