Table 175.

Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2006-07

School year	Total expenditures	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education											Other cur- rent expen- ditures2	Capital outlay3	Interest on school debt
		Total	Admini- stration		Instruction		Plant operation		Plant main- tenance	Fixed charges	Other school services1
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
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
2003-04	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	499,568,736	425,047,565	32,666,223	5	260,046,266	5	40,926,881	5	(4)	—	91,408,195	5	7,691,468	53,528,382	13,301,322
2005-066	528,268,772	449,131,342	34,197,083	5	273,760,798	5	44,313,835	5	(4)	—	96,859,626	5	7,415,575	57,375,299	14,346,556
2006-07	562,252,677	476,825,866	36,212,491	5	290,710,402	5	46,824,904	5	(4)	—	103,078,068	5	7,804,253	62,909,675	14,712,882
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2007-08 dollars
1919-20	$11,509,877	$9,565,580	$408,252		$7,026,622		$1,285,308		$338,048	$103,152	$404,198		$36,402	$1,705,602	$202,304
1929-30	28,653,916	22,800,937	973,109		16,297,566		2,672,365		974,717	621,736	1,261,443		121,515	4,586,996	1,144,480
1939-40	35,509,114	29,415,580	1,387,175		21,257,835		2,944,362		1,110,712	759,188	1,956,308		202,492	3,907,951	1,983,091
1949-50	52,182,608	41,899,467	1,967,024		27,821,163		3,822,194		1,914,409	2,337,268	4,037,409		318,353	9,065,705	899,065
1959-60	112,492,159	88,832,185	3,807,134		60,166,353		7,817,592		3,044,696	6,551,594	7,444,816		955,127	19,177,940	3,526,906
1969-70	228,001,675	191,766,301	9,004,108		130,412,680		14,219,520		5,463,851	18,308,762	14,357,380		3,563,223	26,110,784	6,561,400
1979-80	261,683,232	237,202,180	11,627,090		145,232,205		26,573,628		(4)	32,161,573	21,607,683		1,629,590	17,742,050	5,109,410
1989-90	354,744,967	313,829,744	27,254,898	5	189,319,534	5	33,781,312	5	(4)	—	63,474,000	5	4,972,714	29,646,353	6,296,158
1994-95	392,698,031	343,262,140	27,978,433	5	211,910,479	5	34,544,610	5	(4)	—	68,828,618	5	7,246,614	34,422,406	7,766,871
1998-99	457,825,830	389,684,804	30,102,796	5	240,308,805	5	37,821,904	5	(4)	—	81,451,299	5	6,745,224	50,850,463	10,545,339
1999-2000	477,493,922	405,027,083	31,362,011	5	250,062,937	5	39,003,897	5	(4)	—	84,598,236	5	6,824,074	54,218,764	11,424,001
2000-01	496,707,728	421,199,636	32,269,624	5	259,147,908	5	41,150,363	5	(4)	—	88,631,741	5	7,331,560	55,884,995	12,291,537
2001-02	517,237,110	437,653,546	33,632,721	5	269,294,641	5	41,378,917	5	(4)	—	93,347,266	5	7,758,662	59,355,901	12,469,001
2002-03	528,832,907	450,580,666	34,586,889	5	276,365,034	5	42,815,769	5	(4)	—	96,812,975	5	7,990,802	56,893,575	13,367,865
2003-04	539,506,699	458,904,992	35,112,503	5	281,497,974	5	44,049,138	5	(4)	—	98,245,377	5	7,880,921	57,839,988	14,880,797
2004-05	551,716,820	469,416,666	36,076,126	5	287,191,508	5	45,199,083	5	(4)	—	100,949,950	5	8,494,351	59,116,006	14,689,796
2005-066	562,010,310	477,818,221	36,381,316	5	291,246,425	5	47,144,244	5	(4)	—	103,046,236	5	7,889,222	61,039,969	15,262,898
2006-07	583,086,031	494,493,869	37,554,286	5	301,482,201	5	48,559,924	5	(4)	—	106,897,458	5	8,093,427	65,240,691	15,258,044
	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
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
2003-04	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	52.1	5	8.2		(4)	—	18.3	5	1.5	10.7	2.7
2005-066	100.0	85.0	6.5	5	51.8	5	8.4		(4)	—	18.3	5	1.4	10.9	2.7
2006-07	100.0	84.8	6.4	5	51.7	5	8.3		(4)	—	18.3	5	1.4	11.2	2.6

—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 2006-07. (This table was prepared May 2009.)