Below is a table showing the spending, per pupil. by public schools in the U.S. by state with the ranking for each state, in terms of money spent, shown next to the state. As the table shows, Missouri ranks 30th in terms of spending, with $9,597.00 per student being spent in public school system slightly over 10% lower than the national median of $10,700 per pupil on spending. On the administrative costs side of things, 9.10% of the money spent by Missouri on public schools goes to administrative costs, over 23% more than the national average of 7.38%.