This study aims to evaluate the reflections of the financial resource problem in primary schools on education and equality of opportunity for students. The study group of the research conducted in the form of a case study, one of the qualitative research methods, consists of 15 primary school administrators working in public schools in Turhal district of Tokat province. In the formation of the study group of the research, extreme sampling, one of the purposive sampling methods, was preferred. The data of the study were collected with a semi-structured interview form and the obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. As a result of the research, it was seen that the financing problem in primary schools was associated with the neoliberal policies followed after 1980, the conservative structure resisting change and the central administration approach. In addition, it was concluded that the efforts to create a financial source damaged the identity of teachers and school administrators, segregated schools in terms of quality, limited the opportunity for students to receive equal education and caused inequality of opportunity. Within the scope of the study, it is recommended to calculate the annual cost per student in primary schools and to make arrangements for school-based allocation of a fair budget according to the quality of the socioeconomic environment in which the school is located.