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Table 164. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2002-03
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                     |                                    Current expenditures, capital expenditures, and interest on school debt
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                     |        |                                                Current expenditures                                  |       |
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                     |        |      |        |                                Student services                       |     |        |       |   In-
                     |        |      |        |_______________________________________________________________________|     |  Enter-|       |terest
                     |        |      |        |      |        |Instruc-| General|  School|Operation|  Student|   Other| Food|   prise|Capital|    on
                     |        |      |Instruc-|      |    Stu-|  tional| admini-| admini-|and main-|transpor-| support| ser-|  opera-|   out-|school
State or jurisdiction|Total\1\| Total|    tion| Total|dents\4\|Staff\5\|stration|stration|  tenance|   tation|services|vices|tions\3\| lay\2\|  debt
_____________________|________|______|________|______|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|________|_____|________|_______|______
1                    |       2|     3|       4|     5|       6|       7|       8|       9|       10|       11|      12|   13|      14|     15|    16
_____________________|________|______|________|______|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|________|_____|________|_______|______
   United States ....|  $9,299|$8,044|  $4,934|$2,782|    $415|    $385|    $165|    $452|     $764|     $325|    $275| $310|     $19| $1,016|  $239
                     |________|______|________|______|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|________|_____|________|_______|______
Alabama .............|   7,031| 6,300|   3,812| 2,058|     301|     257|     172|     387|      551|      270|     121|  430|       0|    588|   144
Alaska ..............|  11,896| 9,870|   5,740| 3,798|     486|     627|     157|     564|    1,262|      389|     313|  285|      47|  1,843|   183
Arizona .............|   7,474| 6,282|   3,765| 2,221|     328|     159|     103|     313|      693|      213|     410|  296|       0|    908|   283
Arkansas ............|   7,275| 6,482|   3,961| 2,196|     289|     334|     210|     365|      601|      230|     166|  325|       0|    638|   155
California ..........|   8,740| 7,552|   4,591| 2,678|     339|     493|      68|     515|      720|      181|     362|  272|      11|  1,100|    88
                     |        |      |        |      |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |     |        |       |
Colorado ............|   8,846| 7,384|   4,230| 2,900|     324|     358|     106|     502|      684|      220|     706|  228|      26|  1,098|   365
Connecticut .........|  12,653|11,057|   7,052| 3,612|     612|     382|     229|     609|      996|      519|     264|  297|      97|  1,348|   248
Delaware ............|  11,382| 9,693|   5,965| 3,276|     461|     130|     109|     540|      913|      540|     584|  452|       0|  1,538|   151
District of Columbia |  14,419|11,847|   6,216| 5,331|   1,087|   1,202|     320|     473|    1,320|      626|     303|  300|       0|  2,573|     0
Florida .............|   7,773| 6,439|   3,786| 2,338|     327|     395|      73|     388|      687|      269|     200|  315|       0|  1,149|   185
                     |        |      |        |      |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |     |        |       |
Georgia .............|   9,041| 7,774|   4,925| 2,459|     352|     417|     104|     477|      570|      292|     247|  383|       7|  1,145|   122
Hawaii ..............|   8,745| 8,100|   4,833| 2,839|     882|     480|      51|     524|      579|      138|     186|  428|       0|    349|   296
Idaho ...............|   6,978| 6,081|   3,721| 2,098|     344|     283|     140|     349|      579|      279|     124|  262|       0|    752|   144
Illinois ............|   9,851| 8,287|   4,952| 3,068|     512|     333|     292|     442|      832|      402|     254|  268|       0|  1,309|   255
Indiana .............|   9,587| 8,057|   4,932| 2,797|     356|     263|     146|     456|      871|      447|     257|  329|       0|    838|   692
                     |        |      |        |      |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |     |        |       |
Iowa ................|   8,659| 7,574|   4,508| 2,511|     482|     341|     212|     408|      635|      233|     200|  335|     219|    952|   133
Kansas ..............|   8,268| 7,454|   4,413| 2,697|     420|     339|     265|     449|      741|      295|     187|  345|       0|    531|   283
Kentucky ............|   7,012| 6,661|   4,066| 2,233|     269|     329|     192|     382|      561|      323|     177|  362|       0|    202|   148
Louisiana ...........|   7,638| 6,922|   4,203| 2,291|     293|     321|     164|     374|      635|      355|     148|  428|       0|    563|   153
Maine ...............|  10,288| 9,344|   6,269| 2,774|     315|     294|     213|     500|      886|      402|     163|  300|       0|    728|   216
                     |        |      |        |      |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |     |        |       |
Maryland ............|  10,051| 9,153|   5,693| 3,042|     356|     531|      82|     599|      788|      451|     234|  270|     149|    793|   106
Massachusetts .......|  11,045|10,460|   6,656| 3,486|     626|     500|     192|     457|      957|      438|     316|  318|       0|    277|   307
Michigan ............|  10,593| 8,781|   5,002| 3,509|     599|     436|     198|     588|      920|      361|     408|  269|       0|  1,437|   375
Minnesota ...........|   9,907| 8,109|   5,201| 2,536|     272|     442|     211|     309|      615|      440|     246|  339|      32|  1,376|   422
Mississippi .........|   6,356| 5,792|   3,466| 1,966|     252|     261|     192|     325|      579|      249|     109|  359|       1|    427|   137
                     |        |      |        |      |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |     |        |       |
Missouri ............|   8,600| 7,495|   4,570| 2,602|     368|     336|     230|     443|      731|      355|     138|  324|       0|    847|   258
Montana .............|   8,100| 7,496|   4,606| 2,583|     359|     289|     236|     414|      757|      327|     201|  296|      11|    525|    79
Nebraska ............|   9,371| 8,074|   5,151| 2,360|     338|     269|     284|     415|      682|      214|     158|  316|     247|  1,106|   191
Nevada ..............|   8,110| 6,092|   3,812| 2,080|     226|     255|     111|     419|      608|      226|     235|  200|       0|  1,562|   456
New Hampshire .......|   9,802| 8,579|   5,569| 2,746|     567|     260|     293|     482|      705|      375|      63|  264|       0|  1,035|   188
                     |        |      |        |      |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |     |        |       |
New Jersey ..........|  13,884|12,568|   7,424| 4,757|   1,137|     427|     349|     652|    1,242|      695|     254|  292|      95|  1,105|   211
New Mexico ..........|   8,469| 7,125|   3,953| 2,842|     722|     330|     221|     438|      689|      320|     122|  325|       4|  1,230|   115
New York ............|  13,316|11,961|   8,213| 3,459|     385|     325|     252|     495|    1,029|      588|     384|  290|       0|  1,100|   255
North Carolina ......|   7,529| 6,562|   4,173| 2,023|     336|     230|     127|     416|      513|      237|     164|  366|       0|    756|   210
North Dakota ........|   7,721| 6,870|   4,102| 2,230|     275|     210|     332|     342|      610|      315|     146|  327|     211|    767|    85
                     |        |      |        |      |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |     |        |       |
Ohio ................|  10,096| 8,632|   4,956| 3,390|     514|     544|     243|     525|      803|      384|     378|  285|       1|  1,274|   190
Oklahoma ............|   6,611| 6,092|   3,528| 2,160|     395|     197|     170|     328|      676|      196|     199|  334|      69|    436|    84
Oregon ..............|   8,921| 7,491|   4,438| 2,798|     500|     292|     110|     482|      618|      329|     468|  253|       2|  1,093|   336
Pennsylvania ........|  10,445| 8,997|   5,557| 3,088|     436|     335|     271|     398|      920|      444|     283|  315|      36|  1,039|   410
Rhode Island ........|  10,731|10,349|   6,685| 3,396|     826|     432|     141|     532|      811|      408|     246|  267|       0|    199|   184
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South Carolina ......|   8,577| 7,040|   4,199| 2,464|     476|     452|      89|     414|      628|      219|     186|  351|      25|  1,262|   276
South Dakota ........|   7,656| 6,547|   3,836| 2,361|     363|     332|     231|     338|      635|      213|     249|  332|      17|    942|   167
Tennessee ...........|   6,962| 6,118|   3,933| 1,885|     216|     333|     124|     325|      582|      213|      92|  300|       0|    691|   153
Texas ...............|   8,598| 7,136|   4,307| 2,469|     347|     404|     116|     392|      757|      193|     259|  360|       0|  1,118|   343
Utah ................|   5,969| 4,838|   3,103| 1,461|     180|     229|      54|     295|      446|      151|     106|  258|      16|    950|   181
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Vermont .............|  11,075|10,454|   6,713| 3,458|     742|     380|     268|     719|      809|      330|     209|  275|       8|    466|   154
Virginia ............|   8,854| 7,822|   4,809| 2,705|     376|     489|     118|     463|      771|      369|     119|  306|       2|    908|   124
Washington ..........|   8,755| 7,252|   4,317| 2,582|     506|     328|     166|     345|      719|      280|     238|  237|     116|  1,184|   319
West Virginia .......|   8,936| 8,319|   5,115| 2,742|     287|     230|     226|     467|      857|      557|     118|  463|       0|    580|    37
Wisconsin ...........|  10,347| 9,004|   5,566| 3,149|     410|     468|     244|     466|      802|      350|     409|  289|       0|    775|   568
Wyoming .............|  10,313| 8,985|   5,381| 3,317|     526|     447|     203|     511|      935|      382|     314|  286|       1|  1,252|    76
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Other jurisdictions  |        |      |        |      |        |        |        |        |         |         |        |     |        |       |
  American Samoa ....|   3,225| 2,976|   1,543|   893|     127|     184|      39|     140|      283|       40|      79|  540|       0|    249|     0
  Guam ..............|    --- |  --- |    --- |  --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |     --- |     --- |    --- | --- |    --- |   --- |   ---
  Northern Marianas .|   4,555| 4,519|   3,871|   437|      58|      14|     307|       0|        0|        9|      48|  211|       0|     36|     0
  Puerto Rico .......|   4,324| 4,260|   3,145|   606|      87|      76|      25|       0|      220|       95|     103|  509|       0|     32|    31
  Virgin Islands ....|   7,163| 6,840|   4,459| 2,168|     385|     215|     332|     388|      486|      239|     123|  171|      42|    323|     0
_____________________|________|______|________|______|________|________|________|________|_________|_________|________|_____|________|_______|______
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\1\Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education and other programs not allocable to expenditures per pupil in public schools.
\2\Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.
\3\Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time).
\4\Includes expenditures for health, attendance, and speech pathology services.
\5\Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.
NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. "0" indicates none or less than $0.50. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2002-03. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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