Lesotho, for example, spends 50 times more for each tertiary student than per primary pupil.

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Most countries in the region are investing at least 10 times the amount in each tertiary student compared to each pupil in primary school.

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And in any case, education researchers have been unable to produce any consistent evidence that low pupil- teacher ratios actually do improve student performance.

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With property taxes rising across the country, we took a look at per-pupil spending in public schools and weighed it against student performance--SAT scores, SAT participation rates and graduation rates.

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With property taxes rising across the country, we took a look at per-pupil spending in public schools and weighed it against student performance--college entrance exam scores (SAT or ACT, depending on which is more common in the state), exam participation rates and graduation rates.

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It costs more to educate a student in New York than in Alabama, so we adjusted per-pupil spending figures for each metropolitan area based on Economy.com's national cost of living average.

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The former Denbigh High School pupil, who was also well known in Caerwys where his grandparents live, was a student in Wrexham and had started his application to join the army.

BBC: Ian Gallagher