Spending per student

My dad asked me to find out how much money was spent per student in the Phenix City School System, Lee County School System, & Russell County School System and compare that to the tuition at Trinity...

Here is what I found:

In the Phenix City School District, according to reports from 2008-2009. There are 5,040 children in the Phenix City School District.

- the revenue for the PCSD was $60,356,289.18.

- the expenditure for the PCSD was $68,819,557.83

- According to the state website, 63% of that money came from the State, 20.2% from local taxes, 2.3% from the local schools, 12.4% from Federal, and 2.0% was designated as "other"

- the PCSD spent approximately $8,791.90 per child in 2007-2008 (only records provided).

In the Russell County School District, according to reports from 2008-2009. There are 3,717 children in the RCSD.

- the revenue for RCSD was $34,862,406.60

- the expenditure was $34,639,409.29 (seems like they did a lot better than PCSD as far as budgeting...)

- 67% came from the state, 17.0% from local taxes, 1.6% local schools, 11.1% federal & 3.4% "other"

- the RCSD spent approximately $9,221.16 per child.

I would do Lee County, but the only schools in Lee County that I'm concerned with are the Smiths Station Schools and I don't have specific data on them.

Okay, so going with that theory, that the school district is spending somewhere between $8700 and $9700 per child, and there are 30+ students in the classroom.

At Trinity, our revenue should be $45,000. However, I have 3 students on scholarship, which comes to $11,250, so our total revenue in Tuition is $33,750. Tuition money, by the way, is the only guaranteed source of income. $27,322.50 goes to pay the faculty members, leaving $6427.50 for everything else, including instructional costs, operational maintenance, transportation, etc, etc. Our yearly expenses should be somewhere in the neighborhood of $41,000. We're spending approximately $3,476.88 per student.

Thoughts?