Table 160. | Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: 1919-20 to 1999-2000 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Purpose of expenditures | 1919-20 | 1929-30 | 1939-40 | 1949-50 | 1959-60 | 1969-70 | 1979-80 || 1989-90 | 1998-99\1\ | 1999-2000 ______________________________|___________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________||________________|________________|________________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 || 9 | 10 | 11 ______________________________|___________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________||________________|________________|________________ | Amounts in thousands of dollars |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | || | | Total expenditures ...........|$1,036,151 | $2,316,790 | $2,344,049 | $5,837,643 |$15,613,255 |$40,683,429 | $95,961,561 || $212,769,564 | $355,837,818 | $381,829,420 |===========|============|============|============|============|============|===============||================|================|================ Current expenditures for | | | | | | | || | | public elementary and | | | | | | | || | | secondary education ......| 861,120 | 1,843,552 | 1,941,799 | 4,687,274 | 12,329,389 | 34,217,773 | 86,984,142 || 188,229,359 | 302,876,294 | 323,808,909 |___________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________||________________|________________|________________ Administration ...........| 36,752 | 78,680 | 91,571 | 220,050 | 528,408 | 1,606,646 | 4,263,757 ||\2\ 16,346,991 |\2\ 23,396,918 |\2\ 25,076,685 Instruction ..............| 632,556 | 1,317,727 | 1,403,285 | 3,112,340 | 8,350,738 | 23,270,158 | 53,257,937 ||\2\ 113,550,405 |\2\ 186,776,182 |\2\ 199,951,526 Plant operation ..........| 115,707 | 216,072 | 194,365 | 427,587 | 1,085,036 | 2,537,257 |\3\ 9,744,785 ||\2\ 20,261,415 |\2\ 29,396,471 |\2\ 31,162,057 Plant maintenance ........| 30,432 | 78,810 | 73,321 | 214,164 | 422,586 | 974,941 | (\3\) || (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) Fixed charges ............| 9,286 | 50,270 | 50,116 | 261,469 | 909,323 | 3,266,920 | 11,793,934 || --- | --- | --- Other school services\4\ .| 36,387 | 101,993 | 129,141 | 451,663 | 1,033,297 | 2,561,856 | 7,923,729 ||\2\ 38,070,548 |\2\ 63,306,722 |\2\ 67,618,641 |===========|============|============|============|============|============|===============||================|================|================ Other current expenditures | 3,277 | 9,825 | 13,367 | 35,614 | 132,566 | 635,803 | 597,585 || 2,982,543 | 5,242,618 | 5,483,573 |___________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________||________________|________________|________________ Summer schools ............| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 13,263 | 106,481 | 24,753 || --- | --- | --- Adult education\5\ ........| 3,277 | 9,825 | 13,367 | 35,614 | 26,858 | 128,778 | --- || --- | --- | --- Community colleges ........| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 34,492 | 138,813 | --- || --- | --- | --- Community services ........| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 57,953 | 261,731 | 572,832 || --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | || | | Capital outlay\6\ ..........| 153,543 | 370,878 | 257,974 | 1,014,176 | 2,661,786 | 4,659,072 | 6,506,167 || 17,781,342 | 39,522,710 | 43,401,495 Interest on school debt ....| 18,212 | 92,536 | 130,909 | 100,578 | 489,514 | 1,170,782 | 1,873,666 || 3,776,321 | 8,196,196 | 9,135,443 |___________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________||________________|________________|________________ | Percentage distribution |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________ ________________ | | | | | | | || | | Total expenditures .........| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 || 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |===========|============|============|============|============|============|===============||================|================|================ Current expenditures for | | | | | | | || | | public elementary and | | | | | | | || | | secondary education ......| 83.1 | 79.6 | 82.8 | 80.3 | 79.0 | 84.1 | 90.6 || 88.5 | 85.1 | 84.8 |___________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________||________________|________________|________________ Administration ...........| 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 ||\2\ 7.7 |\2\ 6.6 |\2\ 6.6 Instruction ..............| 61.0 | 56.9 | 59.9 | 53.3 | 53.5 | 57.2 | 55.5 ||\2\ 53.4 |\2\ 52.5 |\2\ 52.4 Plant operation ..........| 11.2 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.2 |\3\ 10.2 ||\2\ 9.5 |\2\ 8.3 |\2\ 8.2 Plant maintenance ........| 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | (\3\) || (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) Fixed charges ............| 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 12.3 || --- | --- | --- Other school services\4\ .| 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 8.3 || 17.9 | 17.8 | 17.7 |===========|============|============|============|============|============|===============||================|================|================ Other current expenditures | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 || 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 |___________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________||________________|________________|________________ Summer schools ............| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 0.1 | 0.3 | # || --- | --- | --- Adult education\5\ ........| 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | --- || --- | --- | --- Community colleges ........| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 0.2 | 0.3 | --- || --- | --- | --- Community services ........| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 || --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | || | | Capital outlay\6\ ............| 14.8 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 11.5 | 6.8 || 8.4 | 11.1 | 11.4 Interest on school debt ......| 1.8 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.0 || 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 ______________________________|___________|____________|____________|____________|____________|____________|_______________||________________|________________|________________ |
#Less than 0.05 percent. ---Not available. \1\Revised from previously published data. \2\Data not comparable to figures prior to 1989-90. \3\Plant operation also includes plant maintenance. \4\Prior to 1959-60, items included under "other school services" were listed under "auxiliary services," a more comprehensive classification that also included community services. \5\Prior to 1959-60, data shown for adult education represent combined expenditures for adult education, summer schools, and community colleges. \6\Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local school housing authorities. NOTE: Beginning in 1959-60, includes Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning in 1989-90, state administration expenditures were excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Beginning in 1989-90, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared May 2002.) |