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Table 178. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2004–05

[In thousands of current dollars]
State or jurisdiction Total expenditures
Total Current expenditures for elementary and secondary programs Other current
expenditures1 
Capital outlay2  Interest on school debt
Elementary/secondary current expenditures, total Instruction Support services Food
services
Enterprise operations3 
Total Student support4  Instructional staff5  General administration School administration Operation and maintenance Student transportation Other
support services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States $499,568,736 $425,047,565 $260,046,266 $147,617,798 $22,118,879 $20,387,692 $8,510,315 $24,155,908 $40,926,881 $17,459,659 $14,058,464 $16,423,973 $959,528 $7,691,468 $53,528,382 $13,301,322
Alabama 5,896,594 5,164,406 3,058,443 1,747,349 257,605 236,196 138,174 312,306 469,833 233,281 99,952 358,613 0 106,665 514,084 111,439
Alaska 1,754,755 1,442,269 832,707 562,600 90,704 73,232 21,214 84,440 186,746 51,582 54,682 41,256 5,706 8,821 268,713 34,952
Arizona 7,705,051 6,579,957 4,030,750 2,241,296 359,509 154,226 108,478 326,762 725,236 237,022 330,063 307,911 0 50,305 843,121 231,669
Arkansas 4,099,536 3,546,999 2,158,004 1,202,569 160,385 204,462 109,624 192,519 316,738 125,326 93,514 183,527 2,899 25,400 436,986 90,151
California 63,194,472 50,918,654 30,908,059 18,069,631 2,343,885 3,294,411 463,454 3,432,721 4,929,142 1,234,146 2,371,872 1,837,874 103,091 1,002,841 10,001,834 1,271,142
                                 
Colorado 7,272,972 5,994,440 3,392,114 2,391,777 260,673 304,159 85,215 388,027 613,011 184,450 556,242 187,134 23,415 56,764 923,636 298,132
Connecticut 8,383,755 7,080,396 4,505,734 2,321,507 409,057 233,743 140,021 398,570 644,202 330,402 165,511 194,990 58,164 129,658 1,038,302 135,400
Delaware 1,518,723 1,299,349 771,916 466,878 61,864 16,327 14,578 72,635 131,650 80,633 89,191 60,554 0 15,678 181,156 22,541
District of Columbia 1,231,634 1,067,500 565,473 477,023 55,316 81,013 36,357 56,720 122,374 72,374 52,869 25,004 0 13,202 150,932 0
Florida 23,829,096 19,042,877 11,263,480 6,863,247 914,900 1,158,861 205,989 1,098,174 2,120,893 806,217 558,212 916,150 0 440,006 3,803,390 542,823
                                 
Georgia 14,533,211 12,528,856 7,899,852 3,970,311 586,475 668,260 170,171 768,497 916,851 485,336 374,720 621,991 36,702 32,926 1,794,899 176,530
Hawaii 1,805,479 1,648,086 1,007,207 559,177 181,120 70,006 20,908 108,724 116,681 23,717 38,022 81,702 0 56,247 62,655 38,491
Idaho 1,844,208 1,618,215 1,000,526 544,119 90,584 67,992 38,208 91,659 149,351 76,103 30,222 73,570 1 4,252 182,681 39,060
Illinois 21,469,001 18,658,428 11,095,296 6,963,256 1,178,623 855,362 633,206 961,248 1,810,144 894,336 630,335 599,876 0 140,974 2,137,492 532,107
Indiana 10,522,467 9,108,931 5,499,308 3,240,898 404,748 301,446 172,511 515,758 970,504 500,067 375,864 368,725 0 62,965 976,112 374,459
                                 
Iowa 4,447,291 3,808,200 2,321,413 1,298,184 221,575 190,698 107,000 211,919 334,070 126,516 106,405 178,708 9,895 35,790 538,313 64,989
Kansas 4,127,279 3,718,153 2,211,723 1,330,311 214,352 164,214 132,381 220,718 362,493 149,150 87,003 176,119 0 4,559 272,366 132,201
Kentucky 5,739,358 4,812,591 2,890,808 1,637,928 190,807 268,176 110,675 262,934 431,249 265,516 108,570 275,669 8,187 76,445 734,589 115,733
Louisiana 6,066,206 5,554,766 3,329,812 1,894,461 242,499 290,079 132,883 298,406 499,808 291,985 138,801 330,366 128 51,921 353,887 105,632
Maine 2,245,242 2,056,266 1,372,765 615,894 71,837 67,454 42,906 110,148 199,634 89,603 34,313 67,607 0 22,436 120,400 46,140
                                 
Maryland 9,783,967 8,682,586 5,362,276 2,935,675 372,285 457,670 70,793 581,611 771,223 453,489 228,605 250,683 133,952 22,417 964,314 114,649
Massachusetts 12,502,569 11,357,857 7,228,652 3,801,047 695,371 544,820 198,868 489,260 1,059,404 470,245 343,078 328,158 0 192,131 643,310 309,271
Michigan 19,694,819 16,353,921 9,298,039 6,547,315 1,176,858 799,381 352,940 984,319 1,737,256 710,567 785,994 508,566 0 335,192 2,109,244 896,463
Minnesota 8,939,104 7,310,284 4,752,362 2,219,764 202,668 331,253 187,212 311,077 561,682 399,531 226,342 315,989 22,170 332,149 937,735 358,936
Mississippi 3,538,357 3,243,888 1,938,248 1,105,128 155,281 157,291 99,782 183,485 298,998 144,366 65,926 200,057 454 27,505 201,000 65,964
                                 
Missouri 8,241,561 7,115,207 4,322,270 2,475,424 341,734 324,032 215,364 405,955 696,524 353,121 138,693 317,513 0 157,872 709,763 258,719
Montana 1,273,750 1,193,182 728,058 415,335 63,976 45,834 36,248 66,799 119,759 53,765 28,954 48,126 1,663 6,580 63,237 10,752
Nebraska 2,811,778 2,512,914 1,596,345 742,605 105,770 83,036 86,942 128,338 219,947 67,228 51,343 99,586 74,378 3,877 242,950 52,038
Nevada 3,477,243 2,722,264 1,699,144 926,157 102,148 105,459 50,549 186,648 265,001 97,766 118,585 96,964 0 18,202 550,475 186,301
New Hampshire 2,239,798 2,021,144 1,309,782 651,292 136,131 61,831 68,408 110,650 170,967 85,358 17,947 60,070 0 6,087 163,783 48,783
                                 
New Jersey 22,415,297 19,669,576 11,647,046 7,400,488 1,765,683 651,540 493,065 1,337,960 1,981,627 1,060,819 109,794 456,351 165,691 214,367 2,206,857 324,497
New Mexico 3,083,276 2,554,638 1,430,765 1,008,462 252,900 118,051 78,733 159,463 245,271 109,698 44,347 113,995 1,416 28,481 461,134 39,023
New York 43,294,263 38,866,853 26,731,925 11,256,925 1,296,215 1,051,501 748,760 1,667,793 3,484,296 1,947,529 1,060,831 878,004 0 1,632,037 2,375,026 420,347
North Carolina 11,211,205 9,835,550 6,123,399 3,174,203 529,580 389,855 191,787 642,162 790,405 365,359 265,054 537,948 0 72,874 955,999 346,783
North Dakota 937,057 832,157 510,617 255,346 32,582 23,209 38,501 38,339 69,383 35,392 17,940 42,210 23,984 5,991 88,318 10,591
                                 
Ohio 20,059,937 17,167,866 9,816,361 6,786,088 1,027,655 1,095,202 494,119 1,091,703 1,553,657 775,774 747,978 563,654 1,764 438,968 2,055,170 397,933
Oklahoma 4,555,577 4,161,024 2,363,927 1,515,602 272,724 166,336 122,817 223,635 476,077 132,730 121,283 237,968 43,527 13,171 342,973 38,409
Oregon 5,521,697 4,458,028 2,619,853 1,677,267 305,938 171,148 62,498 283,041 373,866 196,816 283,961 158,954 1,953 485,192 363,865 214,612
Pennsylvania 21,870,280 18,711,100 11,540,622 6,451,395 899,572 720,808 575,594 821,821 1,911,951 882,870 638,780 643,708 75,375 439,537 1,949,491 770,153
Rhode Island 1,923,342 1,825,900 1,134,114 646,008 185,055 86,278 22,309 91,245 146,777 68,614 45,730 45,778 0 48,763 20,534 28,145
                                 
South Carolina 6,525,760 5,312,739 3,142,227 1,889,111 366,397 355,376 64,514 304,752 486,600 163,674 147,797 263,216 18,187 64,385 928,793 219,842
South Dakota 1,064,354 916,563 532,279 333,056 50,768 41,526 33,461 45,548 95,762 31,211 34,780 47,827 3,400 3,021 124,532 20,237
Tennessee 7,129,834 6,446,691 4,161,966 1,971,361 215,183 358,154 125,960 354,649 580,812 228,921 107,683 313,363 0 51,722 468,542 162,879
Texas 39,466,188 31,919,107 19,049,740 11,188,158 1,558,221 1,784,566 507,580 1,782,675 3,528,285 871,408 1,155,423 1,681,209 0 300,575 5,591,288 1,655,219
Utah 3,253,483 2,627,022 1,662,858 802,388 96,842 127,187 30,200 161,269 243,184 84,714 58,992 140,361 21,415 80,249 471,595 74,617
                                 
Vermont 1,259,230 1,177,478 752,170 392,963 85,113 44,066 29,497 79,954 91,984 38,651 23,698 30,842 1,504 3,989 63,343 14,420
Virginia 12,152,662 10,705,162 6,565,103 3,699,642 508,516 681,319 161,403 628,778 1,033,579 518,209 167,837 438,526 1,892 69,118 1,180,303 198,079
Washington 9,556,204 7,870,979 4,680,665 2,801,292 494,930 362,898 167,278 465,775 727,758 319,076 263,576 270,739 118,284 45,297 1,292,122 347,806
West Virginia 2,632,237 2,527,767 1,529,908 858,435 88,866 86,130 66,792 138,025 260,613 178,001 40,009 139,424 0 35,227 52,517 16,727
Wisconsin 10,439,481 8,435,359 5,189,139 2,966,702 386,464 415,654 225,947 428,770 800,987 318,895 389,984 279,427 91 216,635 456,158 1,331,330
Wyoming 1,028,099 863,423 511,018 324,752 50,936 45,962 18,441 47,521 92,636 38,099 31,157 27,409 244 2,004 158,465 4,207
Other jurisdictions                                
American Samoa 65,647 58,163 29,135 17,283 2,476 4,695 619 2,282 5,175 678 1,358 11,744 0 3,224 4,260 0
Guam
Northern Marianas 60,243 58,400 49,060 5,806 1,053 168 4,175 0 0 158 252 443 3,091 372 1,471 0
Puerto Rico 2,997,288 2,865,945 2,086,373 527,207 59,328 66,551 6,967 0 232,588 55,283 106,489 252,365 0 62,319 69,025 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 150,675 137,793 91,064 42,953 7,989 3,785 6,349 8,140 9,749 4,297 2,645 3,093 683 1,515 11,367 0
— Not available.
1 Includes expenditures for adult education, community colleges, private school programs funded by local and state education agencies, and community services.
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). Also includes small amounts for direct program support made by state education agencies for local school districts.
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. 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, Common Core of Data (CCD), National Public Education Financial Survey, 2004-05. (This table was prepared April 2008.)

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