In Germany funding doesn't vary much for schools in the same region and is basically based on size of the student body.
The last two years of school are generally a prep course for the German SAT equivalent (and grades in those two years account for around two thirds of the final score).
>In Germany funding doesn't vary much for schools in the same region and is basically based on size of the student body.
In which case schools located in areas with a higher cost of living are effectively receiving less because any teacher working their, while on an absolute scale making the same, is making less on the more realistic scale that adjusts for cost of living.
For most students it's free (included in their parent's insurance who pay ~8% of their income). The other's pay 80€ (or 160€ for students over 30 or studying longer than seven years).
The last two years of school are generally a prep course for the German SAT equivalent (and grades in those two years account for around two thirds of the final score).