Table 180.

Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools, by source of funds: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2007-08

School year	Total (in thousands)	Federal (in thousands)	Federal revenue per student		State (in thousands)	Local (including intermediate)1  (in thousands)	Percentage distribution
							Total	Federal	State	Local (including intermediate)1
			Current dollars	Constant 2008-09 dollars
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1919-20	$970,121	$2,475	#	$1	$160,085	$807,561	100.0	0.3	16.5	83.2
1929-30	2,088,557	7,334	#	4	353,670	1,727,553	100.0	0.4	16.9	82.7
1939-40	2,260,527	39,810	$2	24	684,354	1,536,363	100.0	1.8	30.3	68.0
1941-42	2,416,580	34,305	1	19	759,993	1,622,281	100.0	1.4	31.4	67.1
1943-44	2,604,322	35,886	2	19	859,183	1,709,253	100.0	1.4	33.0	65.6
1945-46	3,059,845	41,378	2	21	1,062,057	1,956,409	100.0	1.4	34.7	63.9
1947-48	4,311,534	120,270	5	46	1,676,362	2,514,902	100.0	2.8	38.9	58.3
1949-50	5,437,044	155,848	6	56	2,165,689	3,115,507	100.0	2.9	39.8	57.3
1951-52	6,423,816	227,711	9	70	2,478,596	3,717,507	100.0	3.5	38.6	57.9
1953-54	7,866,852	355,237	12	98	2,944,103	4,567,512	100.0	4.5	37.4	58.1
1955-56	9,686,677	441,442	14	115	3,828,886	5,416,350	100.0	4.6	39.5	55.9
1957-58	12,181,513	486,484	15	111	4,800,368	6,894,661	100.0	4.0	39.4	56.6
1959-60	14,746,618	651,639	19	135	5,768,047	8,326,932	100.0	4.4	39.1	56.5
1961-62	17,527,707	760,975	20	145	6,789,190	9,977,542	100.0	4.3	38.7	56.9
1963-64	20,544,182	896,956	22	155	8,078,014	11,569,213	100.0	4.4	39.3	56.3
1965-66	25,356,858	1,996,954	47	319	9,920,219	13,439,686	100.0	7.9	39.1	53.0
1967-68	31,903,064	2,806,469	64	404	12,275,536	16,821,063	100.0	8.8	38.5	52.7
1969-70	40,266,923	3,219,557	71	402	16,062,776	20,984,589	100.0	8.0	39.9	52.1
1970-71	44,511,292	3,753,461	82	442	17,409,086	23,348,745	100.0	8.4	39.1	52.5
1971-72	50,003,645	4,467,969	97	506	19,133,256	26,402,420	100.0	8.9	38.3	52.8
1972-73	52,117,930	4,525,000	99	496	20,699,752	26,893,180	100.0	8.7	39.7	51.6
1973-74	58,230,892	4,930,351	108	499	24,113,409	29,187,132	100.0	8.5	41.4	50.1
1974-75	64,445,239	5,811,595	129	534	27,060,563	31,573,079	100.0	9.0	42.0	49.0
1975-76	71,206,073	6,318,345	141	546	31,602,885	33,284,840	100.0	8.9	44.4	46.7
1976-77	75,332,532	6,629,498	150	547	32,526,018	36,177,019	100.0	8.8	43.2	48.0
1977-78	81,443,160	7,694,194	177	605	35,013,266	38,735,700	100.0	9.4	43.0	47.6
1978-79	87,994,143	8,600,116	202	633	40,132,136	39,261,891	100.0	9.8	45.6	44.6
1979-80	96,881,165	9,503,537	228	631	45,348,814	42,028,813	100.0	9.8	46.8	43.4
1980-81	105,949,087	9,768,262	239	592	50,182,659	45,998,166	100.0	9.2	47.4	43.4
1981-82	110,191,257	8,186,466	204	466	52,436,435	49,568,356	100.0	7.4	47.6	45.0
1982-83	117,497,502	8,339,990	211	461	56,282,157	52,875,354	100.0	7.1	47.9	45.0
1983-84	126,055,419	8,576,547	218	461	60,232,981	57,245,892	100.0	6.8	47.8	45.4
1984-85	137,294,678	9,105,569	232	471	67,168,684	61,020,425	100.0	6.6	48.9	44.4
1985-86	149,127,779	9,975,622	253	499	73,619,575	65,532,582	100.0	6.7	49.4	43.9
1986-87	158,523,693	10,146,013	255	493	78,830,437	69,547,243	100.0	6.4	49.7	43.9
1987-88	169,561,974	10,716,687	268	496	84,004,415	74,840,873	100.0	6.3	49.5	44.1
1988-89	192,016,374	11,902,001	296	525	91,768,911	88,345,462	100.0	6.2	47.8	46.0
1989-90	208,547,573	12,700,784	313	530	98,238,633	97,608,157	100.0	6.1	47.1	46.8
1990-91	223,340,537	13,776,066	334	536	105,324,533	104,239,939	100.0	6.2	47.2	46.7
1991-92	234,581,384	15,493,330	368	572	108,783,449	110,304,605	100.0	6.6	46.4	47.0
1992-93	247,626,168	17,261,252	403	607	113,403,436	116,961,481	100.0	7.0	45.8	47.2
1993-94	260,159,468	18,341,483	422	620	117,474,209	124,343,776	100.0	7.1	45.2	47.8
1994-95	273,149,449	18,582,157	421	601	127,729,576	126,837,717	100.0	6.8	46.8	46.4
1995-96	287,702,844	19,104,019	426	592	136,670,754	131,928,071	100.0	6.6	47.5	45.9
1996-97	305,065,192	20,081,287	440	595	146,435,584	138,548,321	100.0	6.6	48.0	45.4
1997-98	325,925,708	22,201,965	481	639	157,645,372	146,078,370	100.0	6.8	48.4	44.8
1998-99	347,377,993	24,521,817	527	687	169,298,232	153,557,944	100.0	7.1	48.7	44.2
1999-2000	372,943,802	27,097,866	578	733	184,613,352	161,232,584	100.0	7.3	49.5	43.2
2000-01	401,356,120	29,100,183	616	756	199,583,097	172,672,840	100.0	7.3	49.7	43.0
2001-02	419,501,976	33,144,633	695	838	206,541,793	179,815,551	100.0	7.9	49.2	42.9
2002-03	440,111,653	37,515,909	779	918	214,277,407	188,318,337	100.0	8.5	48.7	42.8
2003-04	462,026,099	41,923,435	864	996	217,384,191	202,718,474	100.0	9.1	47.1	43.9
2004-05	487,753,525	44,809,532	918	1,028	228,553,579	214,390,414	100.0	9.2	46.9	44.0
2005-06	520,621,788	47,553,778	968	1,084	242,151,076	230,916,934	100.0	9.1	46.5	44.4
2006-072	555,710,762	47,150,608	957	1,032	263,608,741	244,951,413	100.0	8.5	47.4	44.1
2007-08	584,728,896	47,707,260	969	1,019	282,662,805	254,358,830	100.0	8.2	48.3	43.5

#Rounds to zero.

1 Includes a relatively small amount from nongovernmental private sources (gifts and tuition and transportation fees from patrons). These sources accounted for 2.1 percent of total revenues in 2007-08.

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. With the exception of federal revenue per student, data are not adjusted for changes in the purchasing power of the dollar due to inflation. 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 1955-56; Statistics of State School Systems, 1957-58 through 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2007-08. (This table was prepared August 2010.)