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Table 216. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2008-09
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 $12,222 $10,540 $6,420 $3,692 $580 $508 $207 $581 $1,027 $440 $349 $402 $26 $1,336 $346
Alabama 10,395 8,964 5,227 3,135 501 418 232 558 819 430 176 601 0 1,243 189
Alaska 18,006 15,363 8,599 6,287 1,233 867 227 927 1,998 469 566 408 69 2,330 313
Arizona 9,797 8,022 4,511 3,116 869 213 115 385 894 293 349 351 44 1,236 538
Arkansas 10,092 8,854 5,140 3,205 441 703 216 464 844 317 220 500 9 988 250
California 11,202 9,503 5,685 3,441 485 621 91 634 973 233 404 354 23 1,399 300
                               
Colorado 10,600 8,782 5,061 3,375 409 483 144 598 854 262 625 298 48 1,281 537
Connecticut 17,203 15,353 9,594 5,247 951 481 322 880 1,497 771 346 379 134 1,574 276
Delaware 14,534 12,109 7,378 4,246 609 142 155 709 1,256 777 600 484 0 2,058 367
District of Columbia 26,753 19,698 9,087 9,985 2,021 1,286 571 1,753 1,816 1,289 1,248 603 24 6,862 193
Florida 10,900 8,867 5,361 3,115 413 575 80 507 951 360 229 391 0 1,716 318
                               
Georgia 11,446 9,649 6,047 3,093 463 488 142 564 716 399 321 481 28 1,640 157
Hawaii 13,361 12,400 7,714 4,102 1,176 408 65 766 926 349 412 584 0 388 574
Idaho 8,601 7,118 4,335 2,429 412 295 165 398 672 337 151 352 2 1,280 204
Illinois 12,803 11,097 6,524 4,227 713 512 461 558 1,039 534 410 346 0 1,362 344
Indiana 10,444 9,254 5,404 3,460 432 342 195 534 1,104 539 314 391 0 887 303
                               
Iowa 11,260 9,704 5,944 3,318 552 439 255 563 871 342 296 433 10 1,389 167
Kansas 11,430 10,204 6,162 3,576 587 479 313 592 959 396 249 465 0 869 357
Kentucky 10,076 8,786 5,204 3,049 389 463 188 493 817 500 198 514 20 1,063 227
Louisiana 11,995 10,625 6,160 3,891 488 576 270 594 1,065 574 323 574 0 1,210 159
Maine 13,222 12,183 7,333 4,415 766 584 485 656 1,247 568 109 435 0 809 231
                               
Maryland 15,083 13,737 8,470 4,716 628 707 93 951 1,278 676 382 361 190 1,171 175
Massachusetts 15,654 14,534 9,461 4,693 997 685 188 587 1,316 575 344 380 0 828 292
Michigan 11,781 10,373 5,930 4,103 787 494 213 599 1,077 447 486 340 0 883 525
Minnesota 12,940 10,983 7,228 3,281 296 508 337 446 813 579 303 446 28 1,450 508
Mississippi 8,889 8,064 4,731 2,843 380 371 239 467 842 366 179 489 1 677 148
                               
Missouri 11,188 9,617 5,779 3,407 451 443 305 548 955 484 222 431 0 1,228 343
Montana 11,385 10,120 6,081 3,605 572 387 286 548 1,095 474 243 417 18 1,139 126
Nebraska 12,703 10,846 7,042 3,066 398 309 321 542 968 298 230 438 300 1,598 259
Nevada 10,449 8,321 4,944 3,105 400 435 135 599 886 354 296 272 0 1,462 666
New Hampshire 13,381 12,583 8,084 4,154 879 397 424 679 1,113 534 128 345 0 568 230
                               
New Jersey 18,486 16,973 10,062 6,342 1,597 570 373 785 1,722 909 388 380 189 1,037 475
New Mexico 11,835 9,648 5,565 3,680 984 289 212 596 972 339 288 398 5 2,187 0
New York 19,212 17,746 12,276 5,097 595 497 334 735 1,539 937 460 373 0 1,057 408
North Carolina 9,519 8,463 5,372 2,635 385 322 115 517 703 340 253 456 0 1,051 5
North Dakota 10,947 9,802 5,721 3,260 401 304 439 494 952 425 244 525 296 1,006 138
                               
Ohio 12,342 10,669 6,081 4,232 649 694 320 611 995 494 470 355 1 1,410 263
Oklahoma 8,696 7,878 4,508 2,835 531 286 230 428 899 245 215 463 72 732 86
Oregon 11,473 9,611 5,594 3,684 690 415 132 611 801 419 617 328 4 1,395 467
Pennsylvania 14,308 12,299 7,437 4,382 612 480 367 537 1,302 625 459 427 53 1,388 620
Rhode Island 15,154 14,719 8,812 5,548 1,835 477 381 725 1,258 580 293 358 1 175 260
                               
South Carolina 11,562 9,228 5,329 3,400 679 609 111 550 860 301 290 473 26 1,835 500
South Dakota 10,045 8,543 4,958 3,097 485 353 299 425 918 299 318 449 39 1,323 179
Tennessee 8,825 7,992 5,016 2,580 331 465 156 459 727 289 153 396 0 653 180
Texas 11,085 8,562 5,138 2,979 415 446 126 474 967 233 318 445 0 1,955 567
Utah 8,446 6,612 4,275 1,959 252 287 82 394 590 205 149 345 33 1,617 217
                               
Vermont 15,925 15,096 9,418 5,258 1,109 600 353 1,025 1,299 506 365 411 8 687 142
Virginia 12,201 10,928 6,631 3,895 530 733 173 647 1,072 559 180 401 1 1,148 125
Washington 11,735 9,585 5,769 3,387 637 428 179 559 851 378 356 313 117 1,746 403
West Virginia 10,944 10,606 6,321 3,689 391 427 255 560 1,124 757 174 596 0 294 44
Wisconsin 12,491 11,183 6,846 3,947 518 543 288 560 1,023 411 605 390 0 724 584
Wyoming 18,922 14,628 8,602 5,566 843 965 283 792 1,442 674 567 452 8 4,265 28
                               
Other jurisdictions                              
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Marianas 5,882 5,753 2,623 2,574 720 471 124 450 473 116 221 45 511 129 0
Puerto Rico 7,790 6,955 3,452 2,815 451 334 249 369 837 200 377 688 0 825 10
U.S. Virgin Islands 13,062 12,768 7,399 4,830 741 289 461 580 589 899 1,270 539 0 294 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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," 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2012.)

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