Table 236.10.

Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2010-11

School year	Total expenditures	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education											Current expenditures for other programs2	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
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
2006-07	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	597,313,726	506,884,219	38,203,341	5	308,238,664	5	49,362,661	5	(4)	—	111,079,554	5	8,307,720	66,426,299	15,695,488
2008-09	610,326,007	518,922,842	38,811,325	5	316,075,710	5	50,559,027	5	(4)	—	113,476,779	5	8,463,793	65,890,367	17,049,004
2009-106	607,018,292	524,715,242	38,972,700	5	321,213,401	5	50,023,919	5	(4)	—	114,505,223	5	8,355,761	56,714,992	17,232,297
2010-11	604,214,912	527,166,106	39,098,595	5	322,492,844	5	50,182,060	5	(4)	—	115,392,607	5	8,187,042	50,927,540	17,934,224
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2012-13 dollars7
1919-20	$12,578,214	$10,453,449	$446,146		$7,678,828		$1,404,609		$369,425	$112,726	$441,715		$39,781	$1,863,914	$221,082
1929-30	31,313,548	24,917,301	1,063,433		17,810,293		2,920,412		1,065,190	679,445	1,378,529		132,794	5,012,757	1,250,709
1939-40	38,805,039	32,145,909	1,515,931		23,230,969		3,217,655		1,213,808	829,656	2,137,891		221,287	4,270,683	2,167,160
1949-50	57,026,153	45,788,540	2,149,601		30,403,500		4,176,967		2,092,103	2,554,211	4,412,158		347,902	9,907,176	982,516
1959-60	122,933,585	97,077,513	4,160,509		65,750,942		8,543,214		3,327,302	7,159,708	8,135,838		1,043,781	20,958,020	3,854,271
1969-70	249,164,597	209,565,887	9,839,861		142,517,474		15,539,364		5,971,001	20,008,166	15,690,020		3,893,959	28,534,365	7,170,424
1979-80	285,972,448	259,219,085	12,706,307		158,712,535		29,040,170		(4)	35,146,783	23,613,290		1,780,847	19,388,852	5,583,661
1989-90	387,672,094	342,959,155	29,784,675	5	206,892,013	5	36,916,865	5	(4)	—	69,365,603	5	5,434,277	32,398,102	6,880,562
1999-2000	521,814,502	442,621,353	34,273,006	5	273,273,567	5	42,624,206	5	(4)	—	92,450,573	5	7,457,478	59,251,304	12,484,368
2000-01	542,811,718	460,295,029	35,264,863	5	283,201,797	5	44,969,905	5	(4)	—	96,858,464	5	8,012,069	61,072,193	13,432,427
2001-02	565,246,620	478,276,177	36,754,482	5	294,290,341	5	45,219,673	5	(4)	—	102,011,680	5	8,478,814	64,865,265	13,626,363
2002-03	577,918,729	492,403,181	37,797,214	5	302,017,002	5	46,789,892	5	(4)	—	105,799,073	5	8,732,502	62,174,388	14,608,658
2003-04	589,583,253	501,500,164	38,371,615	5	307,626,377	5	48,137,742	5	(4)	—	107,364,430	5	8,612,422	63,208,647	16,262,020
2004-05	602,926,707	512,987,523	39,424,681	5	313,848,380	5	49,394,423	5	(4)	—	110,320,039	5	9,282,789	64,603,104	16,053,290
2005-06	614,175,630	522,168,903	39,758,199	5	318,279,671	5	51,520,133	5	(4)	—	112,610,900	5	8,621,493	66,705,647	16,679,587
2006-07	637,141,997	540,379,156	41,041,542	5	329,429,347	5	53,071,762	5	(4)	—	116,836,505	5	8,844,652	71,243,905	16,674,283
2007-08	652,755,879	553,932,782	41,749,343	5	336,849,115	5	53,944,461	5	(4)	—	121,389,864	5	9,078,835	72,591,931	17,152,330
2008-09	657,791,195	559,279,585	41,829,691	5	340,656,987	5	54,491,014	5	(4)	—	122,301,893	5	9,122,024	71,014,676	18,374,909
2009-106	647,956,702	560,102,986	41,601,089	5	342,876,613	5	53,397,622	5	(4)	—	122,227,662	5	8,919,289	60,539,953	18,394,474
2010-11	632,268,421	551,642,262	40,913,931	5	337,466,085	5	52,511,997	5	(4)	—	120,750,249	5	8,567,164	53,292,089	18,766,905
	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
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
2006-07	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	84.9	6.4	5	51.6	5	8.3		(4)	—	18.6	5	1.4	11.1	2.6
2008-09	100.0	85.0	6.4	5	51.8	5	8.3		(4)	—	18.6	5	1.4	10.8	2.8
2009-106	100.0	86.4	6.4	5	52.9	5	8.2		(4)	—	18.9	5	1.4	9.3	2.8
2010-11	100.0	87.2	6.5	5	53.4	5	8.3		(4)	—	19.1	5	1.4	8.4	3.0

—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.

7 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.

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 2010-11. (This table was prepared July 2013.)