Figure 3.

Supporting School Choice and State Scholarship Programs Provide Significant Investment Advantages Compared to Increasing Traditional K-12 Public School Spending

Chart comparing the cumulative cost to produce the same achievement gain of roughly 120 days of additional learning, showing the FTC Scholarship competitive effect costing $2.84 billion, or $127 per public school student per year, versus an increased spending equivalent of $31.8 billion, or $1,423 per public school student per year, a difference of 11.2 times.

Source: American Federation for Children