Yes, in particular for PreK-12 schools here in the States. Here in NJ nearly all board members know little or nothing about education, but are elected as popularity contest. Superintendents get paid big salaries and are often severely under qualified. There is a lot of bureaucracy created by this.

Many companies that target PreK-12 also know there is a lot of incompetent admins with boat loads of cash. Pricing gouging is very common.

People are shocked when they learn about 70% of property tax bills goes to the school district, not the municipality or county.