Table 214.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by function and subfunction: Selected years, 1990-91 through 2009-10

Function and subfunction	Expenditures per pupil in current dollars									Expenditures per pupil in constant 2011-12 dollars1
	1990-91		1995-96	1999-2000	2000-01	2005-06	2007-08	2008-092	2009-10	1990-91		1995-96	1999-2000	2000-01	2005-06	2007-08	2008-092	2009-10
1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Total expenditures	$5,484		$6,441	$8,030	$8,572	$10,603	$11,965	$12,222	$12,136	$9,318		$9,487	$10,794	$11,140	$12,126	$12,861	$12,957	$12,743
Current expenditures for
public schools	4,902		5,689	6,912	7,380	9,145	10,298	10,540	10,652	8,330		8,380	9,292	9,592	10,458	11,070	11,173	11,184
Salaries	3,220	3	3,698	4,485	4,752	5,561	6,177	6,348	6,365	5,472	3	5,446	6,029	6,176	6,360	6,640	6,730	6,683
Employee benefits	824	3	999	1,138	1,228	1,790	2,093	2,146	2,215	1,400	3	1,471	1,530	1,596	2,046	2,250	2,275	2,326
Purchased services	397	3	481	620	673	880	1,000	1,030	1,052	675	3	709	833	875	1,006	1,075	1,092	1,105
Tuition	29	3	35	48	52	78	93	91	96	49	3	52	64	68	89	100	97	101
Supplies	359	3	418	553	599	746	840	825	818	610	3	616	743	778	853	903	875	859
Other	72	3	58	69	76	90	96	99	105	123	3	85	92	99	103	103	105	110
Instruction	2,965		3,512	4,268	4,541	5,574	6,262	6,420	6,526	5,039		5,173	5,737	5,901	6,374	6,732	6,806	6,852
Salaries	2,202		2,555	3,096	3,273	3,806	4,199	4,325	4,347	3,741		3,764	4,162	4,254	4,352	4,514	4,585	4,564
Employee benefits	542		676	773	837	1,202	1,407	1,443	1,495	921		995	1,038	1,088	1,375	1,513	1,529	1,569
Purchased services	66		85	125	136	205	249	260	280	112		126	168	177	235	267	275	294
Tuition	29		35	48	52	78	93	91	96	49		52	64	68	89	100	97	101
Supplies	111		145	208	220	259	287	273	279	189		214	280	286	296	309	289	293
Textbooks	—		—	—	—	52	55	60	52	—		—	—	—	59	59	63	54
Other	15		15	19	22	24	27	28	29	26		22	25	28	27	29	30	31
Student support4	217		274	342	366	475	559	580	592	368		403	460	476	543	600	614	622
Salaries	159		198	245	262	322	372	388	393	271		292	330	340	369	400	411	413
Employee benefits	40		51	61	64	99	120	125	130	68		76	82	84	113	129	132	136
Purchased services	11		15	25	28	40	48	49	51	19		23	34	37	46	52	52	53
Supplies	5		6	8	9	10	11	11	11	8		8	11	12	12	12	11	12
Other	1		3	3	3	4	7	7	7	2		5	4	4	4	7	7	8
Instructional staff
services5	205		225	312	337	446	515	508	510	349		331	420	439	510	554	539	536
Salaries	135		143	191	207	265	309	304	301	229		211	257	270	303	332	322	316
Employee benefits	34		38	46	50	79	95	96	99	58		56	62	65	91	102	102	104
Purchased services	15		21	38	42	60	67	66	69	26		30	51	55	69	72	70	72
Supplies	19		20	32	33	38	40	37	37	32		30	43	43	43	43	40	39
Other	2		2	5	4	4	4	4	5	4		3	7	6	5	5	5	5
General administration	141		131	143	151	182	200	207	211	239		193	192	196	208	215	220	222
Salaries	63		65	68	71	79	87	90	90	107		95	91	92	90	94	95	95
Employee benefits	19		18	20	21	30	34	35	37	32		27	27	28	34	37	38	38
Purchased services	36		36	41	44	56	60	64	64	61		53	56	58	64	65	68	67
Supplies	4		4	4	4	5	5	5	5	7		6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Other	18		8	9	10	13	14	13	16	31		11	13	12	14	15	14	17
School administration	284		331	392	415	515	576	581	579	482		487	527	539	589	619	616	608
Salaries	217		249	297	314	370	410	417	412	368		366	399	408	423	441	442	433
Employee benefits	55		66	74	78	114	133	134	137	93		97	99	102	131	143	142	144
Purchased services	6		9	12	13	18	20	19	19	10		13	16	17	20	21	20	20
Supplies	5		6	7	8	10	10	9	9	8		8	10	10	11	11	9	9
Other	2		2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3		2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Operation and maintenance	517		574	666	721	902	1,003	1,027	1,012	878		845	895	937	1,032	1,078	1,089	1,063
Salaries	215		233	272	285	326	359	367	364	365		343	366	371	373	386	389	382
Employee benefits	64		70	75	80	119	136	140	143	109		103	101	104	136	146	148	150
Purchased services	139		172	189	204	243	265	267	264	236		253	254	265	277	285	283	278
Supplies	91		94	124	146	207	234	245	232	155		138	166	189	236	251	259	244
Other	8		5	5	6	8	9	9	9	13		7	7	8	9	10	9	10
Student transportation	211		232	278	298	384	438	440	443	358		342	373	387	439	470	467	465
Salaries	80		88	108	115	136	153	154	155	135		129	145	149	156	164	163	162
Employee benefits	22		27	31	34	52	58	60	62	37		40	42	44	59	63	63	65
Purchased services	81		95	114	122	154	174	183	182	138		140	153	159	176	187	194	192
Supplies	23		19	22	25	38	49	40	40	40		27	30	32	43	53	43	42
Other	5		4	2	3	4	4	3	4	8		5	3	4	5	4	4	4
Other support services6	136		157	217	242	294	331	349	349	230		231	292	315	337	356	370	366
Salaries	70		77	105	117	134	153	164	165	120		113	141	152	153	164	174	174
Employee benefits	24		26	31	34	51	61	64	64	40		39	41	44	58	65	68	67
Purchased services	19		30	53	59	70	77	80	79	33		45	71	77	80	83	85	83
Supplies	7		9	12	13	16	20	18	17	12		13	16	17	18	22	19	18
Other	15		14	17	19	23	21	23	23	25		21	23	25	27	23	24	24
Food services	205		237	276	293	352	390	402	405	348		350	371	380	402	419	426	425
Salaries	—		86	98	105	119	129	132	131	—		126	132	137	136	138	140	138
Employee benefits	—		25	27	29	42	46	48	49	—		36	36	38	48	49	50	51
Purchased services	—		14	19	20	30	35	37	39	—		21	26	25	34	37	39	41
Supplies	—		110	129	136	157	177	181	181	—		161	173	177	180	191	192	190
Other	—		3	3	3	3	3	4	5	—		5	4	3	4	4	5	5
Enterprise operations7	23		17	17	16	21	24	26	25	39		26	23	21	24	26	27	27
Salaries	—		4	4	3	4	6	7	7	—		6	5	3	5	7	7	7
Employee benefits	—		1	1	1	2	2	2	2	—		1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Purchased services	—		4	4	4	5	5	5	5	—		6	5	5	5	5	6	5
Supplies	—		6	6	5	6	7	7	7	—		9	8	7	7	8	8	8
Other	—		2	3	4	4	4	4	4	—		3	4	5	5	5	4	4
Capital outlay8	477		612	923	976	1,166	1,348	1,336	1,126	810		902	1,240	1,269	1,334	1,449	1,417	1,182
Interest on school debt	105		140	195	215	292	319	346	358	178		206	262	280	334	343	367	376

—Not available.

1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.

2 Data have been revised from previously published figures.

3 Includes estimated data for subfunctions of food services and enterprise operations.

4 Includes expenditures for guidance, health, attendance, and speech pathology services.

5 Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.

6 Includes business support services concerned with paying, transporting, exchanging, and maintaining goods and services for local education agencies; central support services, including planning, research, evaluation, information, staff, and data processing services; and other support services.

7 Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time). Includes very small amounts for direct program support made by state education agencies for local school districts.

8 Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.

NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. 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," 1990-91 through 2009-10. (This table was prepared January 2013.)