Three years ago, I wrote a column that began with the simple observation that, “School choice is a great idea because it will lead to dramatic improvements in education.”

I then explained, however, that school choice would be a good deal for taxpayers.

Why?

Because government schools are very expensive and inefficient. Shifting to school choice would not only be good for students, but it also would be good for budgetary savings.

Today’s column is going to be very straightforward. Thanks to some great data put together by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, we’re going to show why school choice is smart fiscal policy.

We’ll start with this map showing how much, on average, it costs to send a kid to a private school.

Now compare the dollar figures in that map to the dollar figures in this table.

You’ll see that private schools in most states cost less than government schools.

I’ll close by calling readers’ attention to this column, which shows that per-pupil spending is not correlated with educational outcomes.

The bottom line is that school choice is a win-win situation, which is why I want the feel-good map of 2025 to get even better this year, next year, and in all future years.

P.S. According to teacher unions, a better approach is to throw more tax dollars at government schools. I’ve explained here, here, here, and here why that’s not the solution.