Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2004-05

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Table 165.

School year	Total expenditures	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education											Other current expen-ditures²	Capital outlay³	Interest on school debt
School year	Total expenditures	Total	Administration		Instruction		Plant operation		Plant main-tenance	Fixed charges	Other school services¹		Other current expen-ditures²	Capital outlay³	Interest on school debt
1	2	3	4		5		6		7	8	9		10	11	12
	Amounts in thousands of current dollars
1919-20	$1,036,151	$861,120	$36,752		$632,556		$115,707		$30,432	$9,286	$36,387		$3,277	$153,543	$18,212
1929-30	2,316,790	1,843,552	78,680		1,317,727		216,072		78,810	50,270	101,993		9,825	370,878	92,536
1939-40	2,344,049	1,941,799	91,571		1,403,285		194,365		73,321	50,116	129,141		13,367	257,974	130,909
1949-50	5,837,643	4,687,274	220,050		3,112,340		427,587		214,164	261,469	451,663		35,614	1,014,176	100,578
1959-60	15,613,254	12,329,388	528,408		8,350,738		1,085,036		422,586	909,323	1,033,297		132,566	2,661,786	489,514

1969-70	40,683,429	34,217,773	1,606,646		23,270,158		2,537,257		974,941	3,266,920	2,561,856		635,803	4,659,072	1,170,782
1979-80	95,961,561	86,984,142	4,263,757		53,257,937		9,744,785		(⁴)	11,793,934	7,923,729		597,585	6,506,167	1,873,666
1989-90	212,769,564	188,229,359	16,346,991	⁵	113,550,405	⁵	20,261,415	⁵	(⁴)	—	38,070,548	⁵	2,982,543	17,781,342	3,776,321
1994-95	279,000,318	243,877,582	19,877,848	⁵	150,556,118	⁵	24,542,922	⁵	(⁴)	—	48,900,694	⁵	5,148,505	24,456,100	5,518,131
1995-96	293,646,490	255,106,683	20,709,652	⁵	157,473,978	⁵	25,724,062	⁵	(⁴)	—	51,198,992	⁵	4,724,659	27,555,667	6,259,480

1996-97	313,151,046	270,174,298	21,603,056	⁵	167,148,760	⁵	26,837,270	⁵	(⁴)	—	54,585,210	⁵	4,649,138	31,429,074	6,898,536
1997-98	334,315,020	285,485,370	22,043,101	⁵	176,521,719	⁵	27,952,899	⁵	(⁴)	—	58,967,649	⁵	4,884,115	36,168,090	7,777,445
1998-99	355,837,818	302,876,294	23,396,918	⁵	186,776,182	⁵	29,396,471	⁵	(⁴)	—	63,306,722	⁵	5,242,618	39,522,710	8,196,196
1999-2000	381,838,155	323,888,508	25,079,298	⁵	199,968,138	⁵	31,190,295	⁵	(⁴)	—	67,650,776	⁵	5,457,015	43,357,186	9,135,445
2000-01	410,811,185	348,360,841	26,689,181	⁵	214,333,003	⁵	34,034,158	⁵	(⁴)	—	73,304,498	⁵	6,063,700	46,220,704	10,165,940

2001-02	435,364,404	368,378,006	28,309,047	⁵	226,668,386	⁵	34,829,109	⁵	(⁴)	—	78,571,464	⁵	6,530,554	49,960,542	10,495,301
2002-03	454,906,912	387,593,617	29,751,958	⁵	237,731,734	⁵	36,830,517	⁵	(⁴)	—	83,279,408	⁵	6,873,762	48,940,374	11,499,160
2003-04⁶	474,241,531	403,390,369	30,864,875	⁵	247,444,620	⁵	38,720,429	⁵	(⁴)	—	86,360,444	⁵	6,927,551	50,842,973	13,080,638
2004-05	499,068,816	424,562,095	32,648,224	⁵	259,614,068	⁵	40,893,529	⁵	(⁴)	—	91,406,274	⁵	7,664,672	53,540,727	13,301,322
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2006-07 dollars
1919-20	$11,098,635	$9,223,807	$393,666		$6,775,565		$1,239,385		$325,970	$99,466	$389,756		$35,101	$1,644,662	$195,076
1929-30	27,630,127	21,986,272	938,341		15,715,263		2,576,883		939,891	599,522	1,216,372		117,173	4,423,105	1,103,588
1939-40	34,240,392	28,364,577	1,337,612		20,498,304		2,839,162		1,071,027	732,063	1,886,410		195,257	3,768,322	1,912,236
1949-50	50,318,151	40,402,421	1,896,743		26,827,128		3,685,629		1,846,008	2,253,758	3,893,155		306,978	8,741,792	866,942
1959-60	108,472,874	85,658,258	3,671,108		58,016,641		7,538,273		2,935,911	6,317,509	7,178,817		921,001	18,492,723	3,400,892

1969-70	219,855,297	184,914,593	8,682,396		125,753,104		13,711,464		5,268,630	17,654,600	13,844,399		3,435,911	25,177,859	6,326,965
1979-80	252,333,430	228,727,072	11,211,660		140,043,136		25,624,167		(⁴)	31,012,457	20,835,652		1,571,365	17,108,136	4,926,854
1989-90	342,070,118	302,616,774	26,281,095	⁵	182,555,248	⁵	32,574,324	⁵	(⁴)	—	61,206,108	⁵	4,795,041	28,587,104	6,071,200
1994-95	378,667,139	330,997,566	26,978,779	⁵	204,339,030	⁵	33,310,350	⁵	(⁴)	—	66,369,408	⁵	6,987,696	33,192,512	7,489,364
1995-96	387,989,691	337,067,755	27,363,281	⁵	208,067,462	⁵	33,988,728	⁵		—	67,648,284	⁵	6,242,605	36,408,795	8,270,536

1996-97	402,283,260	347,074,035	27,751,936	⁵	214,724,328	⁵	34,475,965	⁵	(⁴)	—	70,121,804	⁵	5,972,423	40,374,735	8,862,067
1997-98	421,946,059	360,317,124	27,821,064	⁵	222,791,796	⁵	35,279,946	⁵	(⁴)	—	74,424,317	⁵	6,164,345	45,648,511	9,816,078
1998-99	441,467,956	375,761,573	29,027,240	⁵	231,722,699	⁵	36,470,548	⁵	(⁴)	—	78,541,087	⁵	6,504,221	49,033,603	10,168,560
1999-2000	460,433,318	390,555,681	30,241,463	⁵	241,128,321	⁵	37,610,309	⁵	(⁴)	—	81,575,586	⁵	6,580,253	52,281,557	11,015,828
2000-01	478,960,625	406,150,397	31,116,647	⁵	249,888,691	⁵	39,680,083	⁵	(⁴)	—	85,464,976	⁵	7,069,607	53,888,254	11,852,367

2001-02	498,756,503	422,016,417	32,431,042	⁵	259,672,886	⁵	39,900,470	⁵	(⁴)	—	90,012,018	⁵	7,481,449	57,235,146	12,023,491
2002-03	509,937,988	434,481,658	33,351,117	⁵	266,490,658	⁵	41,285,984	⁵	(⁴)	—	93,353,898	⁵	7,705,295	54,860,797	12,890,238
2003-04⁶	520,230,411	442,508,561	33,857,952	⁵	271,440,201	⁵	42,475,286	⁵	(⁴)	—	94,735,122	⁵	7,599,340	55,773,396	14,349,114
2004-05	531,471,892	452,127,668	34,767,977	⁵	276,470,049	⁵	43,548,626	⁵	(⁴)	—	97,341,016	⁵	8,162,317	57,016,970	14,164,937
	Percentage distribution
1919-20	100.0	83.1	3.5		61.0		11.2		2.9	0.9	3.5		0.3	14.8	1.8
1929-30	100.0	79.6	3.4		56.9		9.3		3.4	2.2	4.4		0.4	16.0	4.0
1939-40	100.0	82.8	3.9		59.9		8.3		3.1	2.1	5.5		0.6	11.0	5.6
1949-50	100.0	80.3	3.8		53.3		7.3		3.7	4.5	7.7		0.6	17.4	1.7
1959-60	100.0	79.0	3.4		53.5		6.9		2.7	5.8	6.6		0.8	17.0	3.1

1969-70	100.0	84.1	3.9		57.2		6.2		2.4	8.0	6.3		1.6	11.5	2.9
1979-80	100.0	90.6	4.4		55.5		10.2		(⁴)	12.3	8.3		0.6	6.8	2.0
1989-90	100.0	88.5	7.7	⁵	53.4	⁵	9.5		(⁴)	—	17.9	⁵	1.4	8.4	1.8
1994-95	100.0	87.4	7.1	⁵	54.0	⁵	8.8		(⁴)	—	17.5	⁵	1.8	8.8	2.0
1995-96	100.0	86.9	7.1	⁵	53.6	⁵	8.8		(⁴)	—	17.4	⁵	1.6	9.4	2.1

1996-97	100.0	86.3	6.9	⁵	53.4	⁵	8.6		(⁴)	—	17.4	⁵	1.5	10.0	2.2
1997-98	100.0	85.4	6.6	⁵	52.8	⁵	8.4		(⁴)	—	17.6	⁵	1.5	10.8	2.3
1998-99	100.0	85.1	6.6	⁵	52.5	⁵	8.3		(⁴)	—	17.8	⁵	1.5	11.1	2.3
1999-2000	100.0	84.8	6.6	⁵	52.4	⁵	8.2		(⁴)	—	17.7	⁵	1.4	11.4	2.4
2000-01	100.0	84.8	6.5	⁵	52.2	⁵	8.3		(⁴)	—	17.8	⁵	1.5	11.3	2.5

2001-02	100.0	84.6	6.5	⁵	52.1	⁵	8.0		(⁴)	—	18.0	⁵	1.5	11.5	2.4
2002-03	100.0	85.2	6.5	⁵	52.3	⁵	8.1		(⁴)	—	18.3	⁵	1.5	10.8	2.5
2003-04⁶	100.0	85.1	6.5	⁵	52.2	⁵	8.2		(⁴)	—	18.2	⁵	1.5	10.7	2.8
2004-05	100.0	85.1	6.5	⁵	52.0	⁵	8.2		(⁴)	—	18.3	⁵	1.5	10.7	2.7

— Not available.
¹ Prior to 1959-60, items included under "other school services" were listed under "auxiliary services," a more comprehensive classification that also included community services.
² Includes expenditures for summer schools, adult education, community colleges, and community services.
³ Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local school housing authorities.
⁴ Plant operation also includes plant maintenance.
⁵ Data not comparable to figures prior to 1989-90.
⁶ Data have been revised from previously published figures.
NOTE: Beginning in 1959-60, includes Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning in 1989-90, state administration expenditures were excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Beginning in 1989-90, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. 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 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60 and 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2004-05. (This table was prepared April 2007.)

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