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Table 215. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2009-10
State or jurisdiction Current expenditures, capital expenditures, and interest on school debt
Total1 Current expenditures Capital
outlay2
Interest on
school debt
Total Instruc-
tion
Support services Food ser-
vices
Enterprise
operations3
Total Student
sup-
port4
Instruc-
tional
staff5
General
admini-
stration
School
admini-
stration
Operation
and mait-
enance
Student
transpor-
tation
Other
support
services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
United States $12,136 $10,652 $6,526 $3,696 $592 $510 $211 $579 $1,012 $443 $349 $405 $25 $1,126 $358
Alabama 10,058 8,907 5,211 3,103 511 412 215 552 798 432 184 593 0 977 174
Alaska 17,889 15,829 8,777 6,545 1,352 988 227 958 1,960 471 590 438 68 1,759 302
Arizona 9,273 7,968 4,416 3,143 921 193 118 377 887 302 345 367 42 783 523
Arkansas 10,916 9,281 5,354 3,413 464 805 226 471 869 332 245 505 9 1,382 254
California 10,762 9,300 5,597 3,325 480 567 87 624 938 224 405 356 22 1,130 332
                               
Colorado 10,713 8,926 5,129 3,451 435 510 149 604 848 259 646 299 46 1,222 566
Connecticut 17,347 15,698 9,963 5,210 956 478 317 888 1,444 765 362 392 133 1,386 262
Delaware 14,163 12,222 7,512 4,239 621 133 148 693 1,258 755 631 472 0 1,551 389
District of Columbia 23,816 20,910 10,415 9,776 1,478 1,419 706 1,368 2,249 1,466 1,090 657 62 974 1,931
Florida 10,283 8,863 5,356 3,116 405 591 95 500 944 355 227 390 0 1,112 307
                               
Georgia 10,684 9,432 5,899 3,032 459 489 133 556 695 387 313 475 26 1,087 165
Hawaii 12,752 11,714 7,305 3,863 1,198 471 31 700 830 347 285 546 0 402 636
Idaho 8,220 7,100 4,342 2,405 406 286 171 395 648 340 160 351 2 903 217
Illinois 13,298 11,739 7,027 4,359 767 547 480 596 1,025 555 388 353 0 1,196 364
Indiana 10,704 9,479 5,574 3,503 444 371 299 541 1,063 546 239 401 0 909 316
                               
Iowa 11,590 9,748 6,008 3,295 560 451 253 566 834 340 290 435 10 1,660 182
Kansas 11,217 9,972 6,070 3,450 578 448 310 570 918 375 250 453 0 830 416
Kentucky 10,309 8,957 5,314 3,112 398 478 194 501 807 523 213 509 22 1,115 237
Louisiana 12,022 10,701 6,265 3,872 516 603 247 602 1,001 590 313 564 0 1,148 173
Maine 13,692 12,452 7,548 4,497 800 659 471 670 1,169 581 146 407 0 978 261
                               
Maryland 15,533 14,007 8,706 4,760 637 738 101 950 1,270 692 373 356 184 1,348 178
Massachusetts 15,731 14,699 9,658 4,668 1,040 679 198 577 1,267 575 332 372 0 761 272
Michigan 11,787 10,447 6,012 4,089 794 533 218 577 1,015 439 513 346 0 831 510
Minnesota 12,328 10,665 7,057 3,135 280 467 313 431 760 581 302 445 29 1,173 490
Mississippi 8,841 8,104 4,765 2,855 391 394 237 475 813 366 180 483 1 590 147
                               
Missouri 11,102 9,721 5,859 3,431 453 443 302 551 969 493 220 431 0 1,025 356
Montana 11,487 10,565 6,359 3,763 623 412 301 564 1,123 491 250 427 16 812 110
Nebraska 12,955 11,460 7,511 3,201 434 354 348 554 987 297 227 457 291 1,235 260
Nevada 9,870 8,376 4,989 3,115 437 421 100 614 884 348 311 273 0 890 604
New Hampshire 13,963 13,072 8,478 4,246 931 406 437 694 1,093 549 137 348 0 665 226
                               
New Jersey 18,610 17,379 10,417 6,405 1,662 578 358 816 1,721 887 384 366 192 782 449
New Mexico 11,329 9,621 5,525 3,688 1,022 312 218 572 966 312 285 403 5 1,708 0
New York 19,704 18,167 12,676 5,116 603 478 341 711 1,581 942 460 375 0 1,111 425
North Carolina 8,919 8,225 5,151 2,627 382 319 133 508 699 338 247 447 0 689 5
North Dakota 12,126 10,519 6,080 3,568 460 361 488 513 1,042 444 260 553 318 1,474 133
                               
Ohio 12,931 11,224 6,417 4,437 698 742 331 637 1,018 522 490 368 1 1,409 298
Oklahoma 8,630 7,929 4,566 2,824 538 304 249 417 853 243 220 470 70 601 100
Oregon 10,749 9,268 5,417 3,515 666 375 123 577 753 416 606 330 5 984 496
Pennsylvania 14,531 12,729 7,777 4,466 655 487 381 553 1,289 636 465 430 55 1,258 545
Rhode Island 15,322 14,723 8,923 5,453 1,711 537 200 736 1,221 578 470 347 0 286 313
                               
South Carolina 11,262 9,080 5,233 3,361 665 579 101 536 856 341 282 459 26 1,659 523
South Dakota 10,398 9,020 5,387 3,136 497 366 302 428 917 306 320 451 46 1,195 183
Tennessee 8,919 8,117 5,111 2,603 331 501 160 464 714 288 145 404 0 622 179
Texas 11,032 8,788 5,309 3,014 424 464 127 477 962 239 320 465 0 1,661 584
Utah 7,916 6,452 4,154 1,929 249 262 81 393 588 196 160 342 28 1,237 227
                               
Vermont 16,881 16,006 9,975 5,607 1,232 723 382 1,083 1,315 507 365 415 10 710 165
Virginia 11,622 10,594 6,463 3,737 516 707 167 623 1,012 541 171 392 1 905 123
Washington 11,360 9,497 5,730 3,338 636 400 182 545 842 377 355 315 114 1,458 405
West Virginia 12,000 11,730 7,104 4,011 519 458 258 569 1,177 830 201 615 0 221 49
Wisconsin 12,884 11,453 7,030 4,021 541 557 299 570 1,008 415 632 402 0 678 754
Wyoming 19,123 15,232 9,001 5,762 879 992 311 829 1,484 698 570 458 11 3,867 24
                               
Other jurisdictions                              
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Marianas 5,812 5,676 2,752 2,199 559 287 195 492 267 148 249 42 683 136 0
Puerto Rico 7,807 7,021 3,540 2,844 455 340 258 359 922 197 312 637 0 776 10
U.S. Virgin Islands 14,285 14,118 7,708 5,841 1,047 435 376 737 949 943 1,353 570 0 167 0
—Not available.
1 Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per pupil in public schools.
2 Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors. Excludes capital outlay related to "Other current expenditures."
3 Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time).
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.
NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. "0" indicates none or less than $0.50. 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," 2009-10. (This table was prepared January 2013.)

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