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Table 157. -  Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools, by source of funds: 1919-20 to 1995-96
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             |                   In thousands                     |         Percentage distribution
             |____________________________________________________|________________________________________
 School year |             |            |            |    Local   |         |         |         |  Local
             |             |            |            | (including |         |         |         |(including
             |    Total    |   Federal  |    State   |  interme-  |  Total  | Federal |  State  | interme-
             |             |            |            | diate)\1\  |         |         |         |diate)\1\
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      1      |      2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9
_____________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_________|_________|_________|__________
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 |    684,354 |  1,536,363 |   100.0 |     1.8 |    30.3 |     68.0
1941-42 .....|   2,416,580 |     34,305 |    759,993 |  1,622,281 |   100.0 |     1.4 |    31.4 |     67.1
1943-44 .....|   2,604,322 |     35,886 |    859,183 |  1,709,253 |   100.0 |     1.4 |    33.0 |     65.6
             |             |            |            |            |         |         |         |
1945-46 .....|   3,059,845 |     41,378 |  1,062,057 |  1,956,409 |   100.0 |     1.4 |    34.7 |     63.9
1947-48 .....|   4,311,534 |    120,270 |  1,676,362 |  2,514,902 |   100.0 |     2.8 |    38.9 |     58.3
1949-50 .....|   5,437,044 |    155,848 |  2,165,689 |  3,115,507 |   100.0 |     2.9 |    39.8 |     57.3
1951-52 .....|   6,423,816 |    227,711 |  2,478,596 |  3,717,507 |   100.0 |     3.5 |    38.6 |     57.9
1953-54 .....|   7,866,852 |    355,237 |  2,944,103 |  4,567,512 |   100.0 |     4.5 |    37.4 |     58.1
             |             |            |            |            |         |         |         |
1955-56 .....|   9,686,677 |    441,442 |  3,828,886 |  5,416,350 |   100.0 |     4.6 |    39.5 |     55.9
1957-58 .....|  12,181,513 |    486,484 |  4,800,368 |  6,894,661 |   100.0 |     4.0 |    39.4 |     56.6
1959-60 .....|  14,746,618 |    651,639 |  5,768,047 |  8,326,932 |   100.0 |     4.4 |    39.1 |     56.5
1961-62 .....|  17,527,707 |    760,975 |  6,789,190 |  9,977,542 |   100.0 |     4.3 |    38.7 |     56.9
1963-64 .....|  20,544,182 |    896,956 |  8,078,014 | 11,569,213 |   100.0 |     4.4 |    39.3 |     56.3
             |             |            |            |            |         |         |         |
1965-66 .....|  25,356,858 |  1,996,954 |  9,920,219 | 13,439,686 |   100.0 |     7.9 |    39.1 |     53.0
1967-68 .....|  31,903,064 |  2,806,469 | 12,275,536 | 16,821,063 |   100.0 |     8.8 |    38.5 |     52.7
1969-70 .....|  40,266,923 |  3,219,557 | 16,062,776 | 20,984,589 |   100.0 |     8.0 |    39.9 |     52.1
1970-71 .....|  44,511,292 |  3,753,461 | 17,409,086 | 23,348,745 |   100.0 |     8.4 |    39.1 |     52.5
1971-72 .....|  50,003,645 |  4,467,969 | 19,133,256 | 26,402,420 |   100.0 |     8.9 |    38.3 |     52.8
             |             |            |            |            |         |         |         |
1972-73 .....|  52,117,930 |  4,525,000 | 20,699,752 | 26,893,180 |   100.0 |     8.7 |    39.7 |     51.6
1973-74 .....|  58,230,892 |  4,930,351 | 24,113,409 | 29,187,132 |   100.0 |     8.5 |    41.4 |     50.1
1974-75 .....|  64,445,239 |  5,811,595 | 27,060,563 | 31,573,079 |   100.0 |     9.0 |    42.0 |     49.0
1975-76 .....|  71,206,073 |  6,318,345 | 31,602,885 | 33,284,840 |   100.0 |     8.9 |    44.4 |     46.7
1976-77 .....|  75,322,532 |  6,629,498 | 32,526,018 | 36,137,018 |   100.0 |     8.8 |    43.2 |     48.0
             |             |            |            |            |         |         |         |
1977-78 .....|  81,443,160 |  7,694,194 | 35,013,266 | 38,735,700 |   100.0 |     9.4 |    43.0 |     47.6
1978-79 .....|  87,994,143 |  8,600,116 | 40,132,136 | 39,261,891 |   100.0 |     9.8 |    45.6 |     44.6
1979-80 .....|  96,881,165 |  9,503,537 | 45,348,814 | 42,028,813 |   100.0 |     9.8 |    46.8 |     43.4
1980-81 .....| 105,949,087 |  9,768,262 | 50,182,659 | 45,998,166 |   100.0 |     9.2 |    47.4 |     43.4
1981-82 .....| 110,191,257 |  8,186,466 | 52,436,435 | 49,568,356 |   100.0 |     7.4 |    47.6 |     45.0
             |             |            |            |            |         |         |         |
1982-83 .....| 117,497,502 |  8,339,990 | 56,282,157 | 52,875,354 |   100.0 |     7.1 |    47.9 |     45.0
1983-84 .....| 126,055,419 |  8,576,547 | 60,232,981 | 57,245,892 |   100.0 |     6.8 |    47.8 |     45.4
1984-85 .....| 137,294,678 |  9,105,569 | 67,168,684 | 61,020,425 |   100.0 |     6.6 |    48.9 |     44.4
1985-86 .....| 149,127,779 |  9,975,622 | 73,619,575 | 65,532,582 |   100.0 |     6.7 |    49.4 |     43.9
1986-87 .....| 158,523,693 | 10,146,013 | 78,830,437 | 69,547,243 |   100.0 |     6.4 |    49.7 |     43.9
             |             |            |            |            |         |         |         |
1987-88 .....| 169,561,974 | 10,716,687 | 84,004,415 | 74,840,873 |   100.0 |     6.3 |    49.5 |     44.1
1988-89 .....| 192,016,374 | 11,902,001 | 91,768,911 | 88,345,462 |   100.0 |     6.2 |    47.8 |     46.0
1989-90 .....| 208,547,573 | 12,700,784 | 98,238,633 | 97,608,157 |   100.0 |     6.1 |    47.1 |     46.8
1990-91 .....| 223,340,537 | 13,776,066 |105,324,533 |104,239,939 |   100.0 |     6.2 |    47.2 |     46.7
1991-92 .....| 234,581,384 | 15,493,330 |108,783,449 |110,304,605 |   100.0 |     6.6 |    46.4 |     47.0
             |             |            |            |            |         |         |         |
1992-93 .....| 247,626,168 | 17,261,252 |113,403,436 |116,961,481 |   100.0 |     7.0 |    45.8 |     47.2
1993-94 .....| 260,159,468 | 18,341,483 |117,474,209 |124,343,776 |   100.0 |     7.1 |    45.2 |     47.8
1994-95\2\ ..| 273,149,449 | 18,582,157 |127,729,576 |126,837,717 |   100.0 |     6.8 |    46.8 |     46.4
1995-96 .....| 287,702,844 | 19,104,019 |136,670,754 |131,928,071 |   100.0 |     6.6 |    47.5 |     45.9
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\1\Includes a relatively small amount from nongovernmental private sources (gifts and tuition and transportation fees from patrons). These sources accounted for 2.6 percent of total revenues in 1995-96.
\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. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

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 Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared June 1998.)


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