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Table 156. Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools, by source of funds: Selected years, 1919-20 to 2000-01 

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             |            |           |       |            |    Local   |     Percentage distribution
             |            |           |       |            | (including |_________________________________
 School year | Total, in  | Federal,  |Federal|   State,   |  interme-  |       |       |      |  Local
             | thousands  |    in     |revenue|     in     | diate),\1\ |       |       |      |(including
             |            | thousands |  per  | thousands  |     in     | Total |Federal|State | interme-
             |            |           |student|            | thousands  |       |       |      |diate)\1\
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      1      |     2      |     3     |   4   |     5      |     6      |   7   |   8   |  9   |   10
_____________|____________|___________|_______|____________|____________|_______|_______|______|__________
1919-20 .....|    $970,121|     $2,475|     # |    $160,085|    $807,561| 100.0 |   0.3 | 16.5 |     83.2
1929-30 .....|   2,088,557|      7,334|     # |     353,670|   1,727,553| 100.0 |   0.4 | 16.9 |     82.7
1939-40 .....|   2,260,527|     39,810|     $2|     684,354|   1,536,363| 100.0 |   1.8 | 30.3 |     68.0
1941-42 .....|   2,416,580|     34,305|      1|     759,993|   1,622,281| 100.0 |   1.4 | 31.4 |     67.1
1943-44 .....|   2,604,322|     35,886|      2|     859,183|   1,709,253| 100.0 |   1.4 | 33.0 |     65.6
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1945-46 .....|   3,059,845|     41,378|      2|   1,062,057|   1,956,409| 100.0 |   1.4 | 34.7 |     63.9
1947-48 .....|   4,311,534|    120,270|      5|   1,676,362|   2,514,902| 100.0 |   2.8 | 38.9 |     58.3
1949-50 .....|   5,437,044|    155,848|      6|   2,165,689|   3,115,507| 100.0 |   2.9 | 39.8 |     57.3
1951-52 .....|   6,423,816|    227,711|      9|   2,478,596|   3,717,507| 100.0 |   3.5 | 38.6 |     57.9
1953-54 .....|   7,866,852|    355,237|     12|   2,944,103|   4,567,512| 100.0 |   4.5 | 37.4 |     58.1
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1955-56 .....|   9,686,677|    441,442|     14|   3,828,886|   5,416,350| 100.0 |   4.6 | 39.5 |     55.9
1957-58 .....|  12,181,513|    486,484|     15|   4,800,368|   6,894,661| 100.0 |   4.0 | 39.4 |     56.6
1959-60 .....|  14,746,618|    651,639|     19|   5,768,047|   8,326,932| 100.0 |   4.4 | 39.1 |     56.5
1961-62 .....|  17,527,707|    760,975|     20|   6,789,190|   9,977,542| 100.0 |   4.3 | 38.7 |     56.9
1963-64 .....|  20,544,182|    896,956|     22|   8,078,014|  11,569,213| 100.0 |   4.4 | 39.3 |     56.3
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1965-66 .....|  25,356,858|  1,996,954|     47|   9,920,219|  13,439,686| 100.0 |   7.9 | 39.1 |     53.0
1967-68 .....|  31,903,064|  2,806,469|     64|  12,275,536|  16,821,063| 100.0 |   8.8 | 38.5 |     52.7
1969-70 .....|  40,266,923|  3,219,557|     71|  16,062,776|  20,984,589| 100.0 |   8.0 | 39.9 |     52.1
1970-71 .....|  44,511,292|  3,753,461|     82|  17,409,086|  23,348,745| 100.0 |   8.4 | 39.1 |     52.5
1971-72 .....|  50,003,645|  4,467,969|     97|  19,133,256|  26,402,420| 100.0 |   8.9 | 38.3 |     52.8
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1972-73 .....|  52,117,930|  4,525,000|     99|  20,699,752|  26,893,180| 100.0 |   8.7 | 39.7 |     51.6
1973-74 .....|  58,230,892|  4,930,351|    108|  24,113,409|  29,187,132| 100.0 |   8.5 | 41.4 |     50.1
1974-75 .....|  64,445,239|  5,811,595|    129|  27,060,563|  31,573,079| 100.0 |   9.0 | 42.0 |     49.0
1975-76 .....|  71,206,073|  6,318,345|    141|  31,602,885|  33,284,840| 100.0 |   8.9 | 44.4 |     46.7
1976-77 .....|  75,332,532|  6,629,498|    150|  32,526,018|  36,177,019| 100.0 |   8.8 | 43.2 |     48.0
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1977-78 .....|  81,443,160|  7,694,194|    177|  35,013,266|  38,735,700| 100.0 |   9.4 | 43.0 |     47.6
1978-79 .....|  87,994,143|  8,600,116|    202|  40,132,136|  39,261,891| 100.0 |   9.8 | 45.6 |     44.6
1979-80 .....|  96,881,165|  9,503,537|    228|  45,348,814|  42,028,813| 100.0 |   9.8 | 46.8 |     43.4
1980-81 .....| 105,949,087|  9,768,262|    239|  50,182,659|  45,998,166| 100.0 |   9.2 | 47.4 |     43.4
1981-82 .....| 110,191,257|  8,186,466|    204|  52,436,435|  49,568,356| 100.0 |   7.4 | 47.6 |     45.0
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1982-83 .....| 117,497,502|  8,339,990|    211|  56,282,157|  52,875,354| 100.0 |   7.1 | 47.9 |     45.0
1983-84 .....| 126,055,419|  8,576,547|    218|  60,232,981|  57,245,892| 100.0 |   6.8 | 47.8 |     45.4
1984-85 .....| 137,294,678|  9,105,569|    232|  67,168,684|  61,020,425| 100.0 |   6.6 | 48.9 |     44.4
1985-86 .....| 149,127,779|  9,975,622|    253|  73,619,575|  65,532,582| 100.0 |   6.7 | 49.4 |     43.9
1986-87 .....| 158,523,693| 10,146,013|    255|  78,830,437|  69,547,243| 100.0 |   6.4 | 49.7 |     43.9
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1987-88 .....| 169,561,974| 10,716,687|    268|  84,004,415|  74,840,873| 100.0 |   6.3 | 49.5 |     44.1
1988-89 .....| 192,016,374| 11,902,001|    296|  91,768,911|  88,345,462| 100.0 |   6.2 | 47.8 |     46.0
1989-90 .....| 208,547,573| 12,700,784|    313|  98,238,633|  97,608,157| 100.0 |   6.1 | 47.1 |     46.8
1990-91 .....| 223,340,537| 13,776,066|    334| 105,324,533| 104,239,939| 100.0 |   6.2 | 47.2 |     46.7
1991-92 .....| 234,581,384| 15,493,330|    368| 108,783,449| 110,304,605| 100.0 |   6.6 | 46.4 |     47.0
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1992-93 .....| 247,626,168| 17,261,252|    403| 113,403,436| 116,961,481| 100.0 |   7.0 | 45.8 |     47.2
1993-94 .....| 260,159,468| 18,341,483|    422| 117,474,209| 124,343,776| 100.0 |   7.1 | 45.2 |     47.8
1994-95 .....| 273,149,449| 18,582,157|    421| 127,729,576| 126,837,717| 100.0 |   6.8 | 46.8 |     46.4
1995-96 .....| 287,702,844| 19,104,019|    426| 136,670,754| 131,928,071| 100.0 |   6.6 | 47.5 |     45.9
1996-97 .....| 305,065,192| 20,081,287|    440| 146,435,584| 138,548,321| 100.0 |   6.6 | 48.0 |     45.4
             |            |           |       |            |            |       |       |      |
1997-98 .....| 325,925,708| 22,201,965|    481| 157,645,372| 146,078,370| 100.0 |   6.8 | 48.4 |     44.8
1998-99 .....| 347,377,993| 24,521,817|    527| 169,298,232| 153,557,944| 100.0 |   7.1 | 48.7 |     44.2
1999-2000\2\ | 372,943,802| 27,097,866|    578| 184,613,352| 161,232,584| 100.0 |   7.3 | 49.5 |     43.2
2000-01 .....| 400,919,024| 29,086,413|    616| 199,146,586| 172,686,024| 100.0 |   7.3 | 49.7 |     43.1
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# Rounds to zero.
\1\Includes a relatively small amount from nongovernmental private sources (gifts and tuition a transportation fees from patrons). These sources accounted for 2.3 percent of total revenues in 2000-01. \2\Revised from previously published figures.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, revenues for state education agencies are excluded. Beginning in 1988-89, data reflect new survey collection procedures and may not be entirely comparable with figures for earlier years. 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; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2000-01. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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