Show Park City School District Stays v About Average in Cost Per Pupil i j t Park City School Districts District's total operating costs excluding school lunch per pupil in average average average aver aver- age d daily a II y attendance we were r e for the 68 1967 term according to the Utah Taxpayers Association The state average was with districts varying from rom a high of In Daggett down to in the Murray School District Park City's average annual teacher sal salary ry in 68 1967 was The state average was Sevier was high with and Garfield low with the Association report report- ed pupil Per-pupil instruction costs were last year in the district Th This i s compares to toa a state average of In this his spending c cat a t e ego g o r y districts varied from in Morgan and and in Murray up to in Tintic and in Daggett Th The state average cost per pupil in average daily attendance attendance attend attend- ance for administration was 1159 the study showed Park City City's s spent p pen e n t Districts vary from in Jordan and in Davis to In Daggett UTA declared that the pupil- pupil teacher ratio continues to drop a across ross the state and in their opinion that this is the crux of the skyrocketing school cost problem F From rom fiscal 1958 to fiscal 1968 the average state ratio has dropped from to one to to one meaning that 1397 more teachers are arenow arenow arenow now needed to teach the same number of students District ratios vary widely they claimed Morgan County is high with ratio of one teacher teach teach- er to 27 Tintic is low with a I ratio of 12 Park City's ratio is per cent a 1 Park City's per pupil cost for teaching supplies is 13 1398 98 com compared com coni- J pared with a state average of f 1014 Weber was low with 6 25 and Wayne High with 2582 I The report notes these increases in- in in increases creases from 58 1957 to 1967 68 Overall spending including di g capital outlay and debt services up shot-up from to or Average teacher salaries increased in increased increased in- in creased from to or 45 f 1 L a |