This book is a comprehensive study of the performance of the public school system in the state of Ohio from the years 2005-2012. Over 23,000 pieces of data were analyzed to secure the findings. This book describes a correlational study of the relationships between per-pupil expenditures and student performance as well as the relationship between student performance and the ability of high school graduates to obtain employment. U.S. high schools continue to perform behind other nations in producing graduates with the academic proficiency and skills needed for a global competitive workforce. The United States ranked 30th in math and 20th in reading among 65 countries worldwide in 2012. In spite of the mandates and initiatives that stemmed from the famous Nation at Risk report to the U.S. in 1983, that addressed the shrinking student skill levels, the U.S. is still a nation at risk.