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Financial Information on public elementary/secondary education


Table 5. Percent distribution of current instruction and instruction-related expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by object and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2007

Current instruction and instruction-related expenditures 1 [in thousands of dollars]
State or jurisdiction Total   Salaries   Employee benefits   Purchased services   Tuition to out of state and private schools   Instructional supplies   Other  
United States 2    $313,862,823 3  67.1 3  21.8 3  4.5 3  1.3 3  4.8 3  0.5 3 
                               
Alabama    3,960,248   64.5   23.9   3.3   0.1   7.7   0.4  
Alaska    1,022,198   59.4   27.5   6.5   0.0   5.6   0.9  
Arizona    4,936,967 3  73.8 3  15.5 3  4.1 3  0.1   3.7 3  2.8 3 
Arkansas    2,651,821 3  68.6 3  17.6 3  4.2 3  0.4   8.5 3  0.7 3 
California    38,276,679 3  66.5 3  20.3 3  5.6 3  1.9   5.7 3  0.0 3 
                               
Colorado    4,155,564   69.8   16.7   3.4   1.2   7.3   1.6  
Connecticut    5,190,598 3  64.8 3  23.0 3  3.5 3  5.7   2.8 3  0.2 3 
Delaware    881,451   64.3   28.5   1.7   0.7   3.9   0.8  
District of Columbia 4    663,782 3  61.8 3  7.4 3  8.2 3  21.2   1.4 3  0.0 3 
Florida    15,180,148 3  63.8 3  18.5 3  12.0 3  0.0   4.8 3  0.8 3 
                               
Georgia    10,133,310 3  68.8 3  22.7 3  2.5 3  0.1   5.4 3  0.6 3 
Hawaii 4    1,246,664   63.1   22.5   6.6   0.0   6.8   1.0  
Idaho    1,170,971 3  68.3 3  21.6 3  4.3 3  0.1   5.7 3  0.1 3 
Illinois    12,906,634 3  70.0 3  19.6 3  4.5 3  1.9   3.9 3  0.2 3 
Indiana    5,989,952 3  62.7 3  31.6 3  1.9 3  0.0   3.2 3  0.5 3 
                               
Iowa    2,742,371   71.1   21.4   2.6   0.8   4.1   0.1  
Kansas    2,830,175   72.9   17.1   3.4   0.1   5.9   0.6  
Kentucky    3,519,095   70.8   21.5   2.3   0.0   4.7   0.7  
Louisiana    3,819,786 3  67.7 3  23.2 3  2.3 3  0.0   6.5 3  0.3 3 
Maine    1,561,823 3  61.5   25.5 3  4.3   5.1   3.0   0.5  
                               
Maryland    6,808,734 3  66.4   23.3 3  3.0   3.5   3.5   0.2  
Massachusetts    8,617,436 3  64.1   27.8 3  0.6   5.1   2.2   0.2  
Michigan    10,495,173   61.6   28.7   6.0   0.0   3.4   0.3  
Minnesota    5,574,400 3  68.9 3  20.7 3  5.1 3  1.0   4.0 3  0.3 3 
Mississippi    2,347,146 3  69.1 3  20.5 3  3.5 3  0.2   6.3 3  0.5 3 
                               
Missouri    5,174,953   70.1   17.3   3.7 3  0.2   8.2   0.5 3 
Montana    849,987   65.3   18.5   6.9   0.0   8.6   0.6  
Nebraska    1,889,049   68.6   22.3   4.1   0.7   3.4   0.8  
Nevada    2,105,054   63.5   21.7   2.9   0.0   7.7   4.2  
New Hampshire    1,517,393   63.2   22.8   3.0   7.7   3.1   0.2  
                               
New Jersey    14,088,042 3  62.9   25.9 3  3.0   4.1   3.2   0.9  
New Mexico    1,734,677   69.2   19.9   3.7   0.0   7.2   0.0  
New York    31,392,067 3  65.6 3  26.0 3  4.4 3  0.8   3.2 3  0.0 3 
North Carolina    7,435,928   74.1   17.1   3.0   0.0   5.7   0.1  
North Dakota    513,113   71.0   19.9   3.4   0.3   4.8   0.5  
                               
Ohio    11,628,759   65.6   22.1   5.5   1.4   4.1   1.4  
Oklahoma    2,931,941   70.8   18.6   2.5   0.0   7.5   0.5  
Oregon    3,163,791   60.3   27.5   4.9   0.7   6.1   0.6  
Pennsylvania    13,262,302   64.3   23.0   6.5   1.8   4.2   0.2  
Rhode Island    1,323,688 3  64.8 3  25.8 3  1.9 3  5.3   2.0 3  0.1 3 
                               
South Carolina    3,885,166   69.9   19.5   4.2   0.0   5.8   0.8  
South Dakota    609,080   67.0   18.6   4.9   1.1   8.1   0.2  
Tennessee    4,838,021 3  69.7   19.1   2.7   0.0 3  8.0   0.5  
Texas    23,452,450 3  75.6 3  12.0 3  4.2 3  0.2   7.0 3  1.0 3 
Utah    2,020,640   65.2   27.0   2.3   0.0   5.3   0.2  
                               
Vermont    872,828   61.6   22.4   5.8   6.9   3.0   0.3  
Virginia    8,453,779   68.6   23.2   3.0   0.1   5.0   0.1  
Washington    5,595,506 3  69.1   20.7   5.1   0.2 3  4.2   0.7  
West Virginia    1,738,798 3  60.8 3  30.3 3  2.7 3  0.0   6.2 3  0.0 3 
Wisconsin    5,965,270   61.9   30.2   2.1   1.7   3.9   0.2  
Wyoming    737,415   66.0   23.4   4.9   0.1   5.4   0.2  
                               
Other jurisdictions                               
American Samoa    31,936   60.5   10.8   7.9   0.0   11.3   9.4  
Guam    134,937 3  74.9   20.2   1.6   0.0   3.0 3  0.4  
Commonwealth of the                               
Northern Mariana Islands    43,742 3  68.9 3  18.9 3  7.3 3  0.0   4.7 3  0.1 3 
Puerto Rico    2,275,134   80.5   12.3   3.0   0.0   1.9   2.3  
U.S. Virgin Islands    100,822   77.5   20.7   0.2   0.0   1.6   0.1  
1 Include salaries and benefits for teachers, teaching assistants, librarians and library aides, in-service teacher trainers, curriculum development, student
assessment, technology, and supplies and purchased services related to these activities.
2 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
3 Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items, and/or to distribute state direct support expenditures.
4 Both the District of Columbia and Hawaii have only one school district each; therefore, neither is comparable to other states.
NOTE: 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 (NPEFS)," fiscal year 2007, Version 1a.

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