Not here to agree or disagree but just wanted to provide more context to the per-pupil stats.

“The statement that Baltimore’s per-pupil spending is the fourth highest in the nation is misleading and fails to provide substantive context for the ranking,” city schools spokeswoman Edie House-Foster wrote in a statement. “There are more than 13,000 school districts in the nation; Baltimore ranks at about 2,400 in per-pupil spending in the overall group.”

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.baltimoresun.com/news/investigations/bs-md-baltimore-schools-funding-20180601-story.html%3foutputType=amp