Table 171.

Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools, by source of funds: Selected years, 1919–20 through 2005–06

School year	Total (in thousands)	Federal (in thousands)	Federal revenue per student		State (in thousands)	Local (including intermediate)1  (in thousands)	Percentage distribution
			Current dollars	Constant 2006–07 dollars			Total	Federal	State	Local (including intermediate)1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1919–20	$970,121	$2,475	#	$1	$160,085	$807,561	100.0	0.3	16.5	83.2
1929–30	2,088,557	7,334	#	3	353,670	1,727,553	100.0	0.4	16.9	82.7
1939–40	2,260,527	39,810	$2	23	684,354	1,536,363	100.0	1.8	30.3	68.0
1941–42	2,416,580	34,305	1	18	759,993	1,622,281	100.0	1.4	31.4	67.1
1943–44	2,604,322	35,886	2	18	859,183	1,709,253	100.0	1.4	33.0	65.6
1945–46	3,059,845	41,378	2	20	1,062,057	1,956,409	100.0	1.4	34.7	63.9
1947–48	4,311,534	120,270	5	44	1,676,362	2,514,902	100.0	2.8	38.9	58.3
1949–50	5,437,044	155,848	6	53	2,165,689	3,115,507	100.0	2.9	39.8	57.3
1951–52	6,423,816	227,711	9	67	2,478,596	3,717,507	100.0	3.5	38.6	57.9
1953–54	7,866,852	355,237	12	94	2,944,103	4,567,512	100.0	4.5	37.4	58.1
1955–56	9,686,677	441,442	14	109	3,828,886	5,416,350	100.0	4.6	39.5	55.9
1957–58	12,181,513	486,484	15	106	4,800,368	6,894,661	100.0	4.0	39.4	56.6
1959–60	14,746,618	651,639	19	129	5,768,047	8,326,932	100.0	4.4	39.1	56.5
1961–62	17,527,707	760,975	20	138	6,789,190	9,977,542	100.0	4.3	38.7	56.9
1963–64	20,544,182	896,956	22	148	8,078,014	11,569,213	100.0	4.4	39.3	56.3
1965–66	25,356,858	1,996,954	47	303	9,920,219	13,439,686	100.0	7.9	39.1	53.0
1967–68	31,903,064	2,806,469	64	384	12,275,536	16,821,063	100.0	8.8	38.5	52.7
1969–70	40,266,923	3,219,557	71	382	16,062,776	20,984,589	100.0	8.0	39.9	52.1
1970–71	44,511,292	3,753,461	82	420	17,409,086	23,348,745	100.0	8.4	39.1	52.5
1971–72	50,003,645	4,467,969	97	481	19,133,256	26,402,420	100.0	8.9	38.3	52.8
1972–73	52,117,930	4,525,000	99	472	20,699,752	26,893,180	100.0	8.7	39.7	51.6
1973–74	58,230,892	4,930,351	108	475	24,113,409	29,187,132	100.0	8.5	41.4	50.1
1974–75	64,445,239	5,811,595	129	508	27,060,563	31,573,079	100.0	9.0	42.0	49.0
1975–76	71,206,073	6,318,345	141	519	31,602,885	33,284,840	100.0	8.9	44.4	46.7
1976–77	75,332,532	6,629,498	150	520	32,526,018	36,177,019	100.0	8.8	43.2	48.0
1977–78	81,443,160	7,694,194	177	575	35,013,266	38,735,700	100.0	9.4	43.0	47.6
1978–79	87,994,143	8,600,116	202	602	40,132,136	39,261,891	100.0	9.8	45.6	44.6
1979–80	96,881,165	9,503,537	228	600	45,348,814	42,028,813	100.0	9.8	46.8	43.4
1980–81	105,949,087	9,768,262	239	563	50,182,659	45,998,166	100.0	9.2	47.4	43.4
1981–82	110,191,257	8,186,466	204	443	52,436,435	49,568,356	100.0	7.4	47.6	45.0
1982–83	117,497,502	8,339,990	211	438	56,282,157	52,875,354	100.0	7.1	47.9	45.0
1983–84	126,055,419	8,576,547	218	438	60,232,981	57,245,892	100.0	6.8	47.8	45.4
1984–85	137,294,678	9,105,569	232	448	67,168,684	61,020,425	100.0	6.6	48.9	44.4
1985–86	149,127,779	9,975,622	253	475	73,619,575	65,532,582	100.0	6.7	49.4	43.9
1986–87	158,523,693	10,146,013	255	468	78,830,437	69,547,243	100.0	6.4	49.7	43.9
1987–88	169,561,974	10,716,687	268	472	84,004,415	74,840,873	100.0	6.3	49.5	44.1
1988–89	192,016,374	11,902,001	296	499	91,768,911	88,345,462	100.0	6.2	47.8	46.0
1989–90	208,547,573	12,700,784	313	504	98,238,633	97,608,157	100.0	6.1	47.1	46.8
1990–91	223,340,537	13,776,066	334	509	105,324,533	104,239,939	100.0	6.2	47.2	46.7
1991–92	234,581,384	15,493,330	368	544	108,783,449	110,304,605	100.0	6.6	46.4	47.0
1992–93	247,626,168	17,261,252	403	577	113,403,436	116,961,481	100.0	7.0	45.8	47.2
1993–94	260,159,468	18,341,483	422	589	117,474,209	124,343,776	100.0	7.1	45.2	47.8
1994–95	273,149,449	18,582,157	421	572	127,729,576	126,837,717	100.0	6.8	46.8	46.4
1995–96	287,702,844	19,104,019	426	563	136,670,754	131,928,071	100.0	6.6	47.5	45.9
1996–97	305,065,192	20,081,287	440	566	146,435,584	138,548,321	100.0	6.6	48.0	45.4
1997–98	325,925,708	22,201,965	481	607	157,645,372	146,078,370	100.0	6.8	48.4	44.8
1998–99	347,377,993	24,521,817	527	654	169,298,232	153,557,944	100.0	7.1	48.7	44.2
1999–2000	372,943,802	27,097,866	578	697	184,613,352	161,232,584	100.0	7.3	49.5	43.2
2000–01	401,356,120	29,100,183	616	719	199,583,097	172,672,840	100.0	7.3	49.7	43.0
2001–02	419,501,976	33,144,633	695	797	206,541,793	179,815,551	100.0	7.9	49.2	42.9
2002–03	440,111,653	37,515,909	779	873	214,277,407	188,318,337	100.0	8.5	48.7	42.8
2003–04	462,026,099	41,923,435	864	947	217,384,191	202,718,474	100.0	9.1	47.1	43.9
2004–052	487,753,525	44,809,532	918	978	228,553,579	214,390,414	100.0	9.2	46.9	44.0
2005–06	520,643,954	47,553,827	968	993	242,151,076	230,939,051	100.0	9.1	46.5	44.4

# Rounds to zero. 1 Includes a relatively small amount from nongovernmental private sources (gifts and tuition and transportation fees from patrons). These sources accounted for 2.2 percent of total revenues in 2005–06. 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. With the exception of federal revenue per student, data are not adjusted for changes in the purchasing power of the dollar due to inflation. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919–20 through 1955–56; Statistics of State School Systems, 1957–58 through 1969–70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970–71 through 1986–87; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987–88 through 2005–06. (This table was prepared April 2008.)