Table 183.

Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2007-08

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
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
2005-06	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
2006-076	562,194,807	476,814,206	36,213,814	5	290,678,482	5	46,828,916	5	(4)	—	103,092,995	5	7,804,253	62,863,465	14,712,882
2007-08	596,610,358	506,827,246	38,263,001	5	308,236,203	5	49,360,206	5	(4)	—	110,967,837	5	8,307,762	65,779,861	15,695,488
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2008-09 dollars
1919-20	$11,670,590	$9,699,145	$413,953		$7,124,735		$1,303,255		$342,768	$104,592	$409,842		$36,910	$1,729,417	$205,129
1929-30	29,054,011	23,119,307	986,697		16,525,130		2,709,679		988,327	630,418	1,279,057		123,212	4,651,045	1,160,460
1939-40	36,004,928	29,826,311	1,406,544		21,554,658		2,985,474		1,126,221	769,789	1,983,624		205,319	3,962,518	2,010,781
1949-50	52,911,235	42,484,510	1,994,489		28,209,631		3,875,563		1,941,140	2,369,903	4,093,784		322,798	9,192,289	911,619
1959-60	114,062,889	90,072,551	3,860,294		61,006,457		7,926,749		3,087,209	6,643,074	7,548,769		968,463	19,445,722	3,576,153
1969-70	231,185,268	194,443,939	9,129,832		132,233,635		14,418,068		5,540,143	18,564,408	14,557,853		3,612,977	26,475,369	6,653,017
1979-80	265,337,122	240,514,239	11,789,439		147,260,086		26,944,676		(4)	32,610,646	21,909,392		1,652,344	17,989,783	5,180,753
1989-90	359,698,280	318,211,756	27,635,459	5	191,963,007	5	34,253,001	5	(4)	—	64,360,289	5	5,042,148	30,060,306	6,384,072
1994-95	398,181,282	348,055,117	28,369,097	5	214,869,390	5	35,026,957	5	(4)	—	69,789,673	5	7,347,799	34,903,047	7,875,320
1999-2000	484,161,181	410,682,486	31,799,919	5	253,554,572	5	39,548,509	5	(4)	—	85,779,483	5	6,919,358	54,975,822	11,583,515
2000-01	503,643,270	427,080,857	32,720,205	5	262,766,396	5	41,724,947	5	(4)	—	89,869,308	5	7,433,930	56,665,318	12,463,164
2001-02	524,459,304	443,764,513	34,102,336	5	273,054,808	5	41,956,692	5	(4)	—	94,650,676	5	7,866,996	60,184,689	12,643,106
2002-03	536,217,014	456,872,134	35,069,826	5	280,223,925	5	43,413,606	5	(4)	—	98,164,776	5	8,102,378	57,687,981	13,554,520
2003-04	547,039,843	465,312,693	35,602,779	5	285,428,537	5	44,664,198	5	(4)	—	99,617,180	5	7,990,963	58,647,610	15,088,578
2004-05	559,420,455	475,971,142	36,579,858	5	291,201,570	5	45,830,198	5	(4)	—	102,359,516	5	8,612,958	59,941,445	14,894,910
2005-06	569,857,673	484,490,008	36,889,310	5	295,313,105	5	47,802,520	5	(4)	—	104,485,073	5	7,999,379	61,892,271	15,476,014
2006-076	591,166,823	501,386,238	38,080,049	5	305,658,238	5	49,242,186	5	(4)	—	108,405,765	5	8,206,436	66,103,056	15,471,093
2007-08	604,940,842	513,904,087	38,797,268	5	312,540,112	5	50,049,423	5	(4)	—	112,517,283	5	8,423,764	66,698,347	15,914,645
	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
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
2005-06	100.0	85.0	6.5	5	51.8	5	8.4		(4)	—	18.3	5	1.4	10.9	2.7
2006-076	100.0	84.8	6.4	5	51.7	5	8.3		(4)	—	18.3	5	1.4	11.2	2.6
2007-08	100.0	85.0	6.4	5	51.7	5	8.3		(4)	—	18.6	5	1.4	11.0	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 2007-08. (This table was prepared August 2010.)