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Table 236.60. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by function and subfunction: Selected years, 1990-91 through 2011-12
Function and subfunction Expenditures per pupil in current dollars Expenditures per pupil in constant 2013-14 dollars1
1990-91 1999-2000 2000-01 2005-06 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-112 2011-12 1990-91 1999-2000 2000-01 2005-06 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-112 2011-12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Total expenditures $5,484   $8,030 $8,572 $10,603 $11,965 $12,222 $12,133 $12,054 $12,010 $9,621   $11,145 $11,503 $12,520 $13,280 $13,379 $13,154 $12,811 $12,401
Current expenditures for
     public schools
4,902   6,912 7,380 9,145 10,298 10,540 10,636 10,663 10,667 8,601   9,594 9,904 10,798 11,430 11,537 11,531 11,332 11,014
                                         
Salaries 3,220 3  4,485 4,752 5,561 6,177 6,348 6,366 6,300 6,242 5,650 3  6,225 6,377 6,567 6,855 6,949 6,901 6,695 6,446
Employee benefits 824 3  1,138 1,228 1,790 2,093 2,146 2,199 2,260 2,313 1,445 3  1,580 1,648 2,113 2,323 2,349 2,384 2,402 2,389
Purchased services 397 3  620 673 880 1,000 1,030 1,053 1,082 1,101 697 3  861 903 1,039 1,110 1,128 1,142 1,150 1,137
Tuition 29 3  48 52 78 93 91 96 101 102 51 3  66 70 92 103 100 104 107 105
Supplies 359 3  553 599 746 840 825 818 817 810 630 3  767 803 881 933 903 886 869 836
Other 72 3  69 76 90 96 99 104 103 98 127 3  95 102 107 106 108 113 109 101
                                         
Instruction 2,965   4,268 4,541 5,574 6,262 6,420 6,511 6,522 6,495 5,203   5,923 6,093 6,582 6,951 7,027 7,059 6,932 6,706
Salaries 2,202   3,096 3,273 3,806 4,199 4,325 4,347 4,307 4,263 3,863   4,297 4,393 4,494 4,661 4,735 4,712 4,578 4,402
Employee benefits 542   773 837 1,202 1,407 1,443 1,481 1,522 1,557 951   1,072 1,124 1,419 1,562 1,579 1,605 1,617 1,608
Purchased services 66   125 136 205 249 260 281 297 294 116   173 183 242 276 284 304 316 304
Tuition 29   48 52 78 93 91 96 101 102 51   66 70 92 103 100 104 107 105
Supplies 111   208 220 259 287 273 277 266 252 195   289 295 306 319 298 301 282 260
Textbooks   52 55 60 52 47 44   61 61 65 56 50 46
Other 15   19 22 24 27 28 29 30 27 27   26 29 28 30 31 32 32 28
                                         
Student support4 217   342 366 475 559 580 591 594 594 380   475 492 561 620 634 640 631 613
Salaries 159   245 262 322 372 388 393 392 386 280   341 351 381 413 425 426 416 399
Employee benefits 40   61 64 99 120 125 128 132 138 71   84 86 117 133 137 139 140 142
Purchased services 11   25 28 40 48 49 50 52 55 19   35 38 47 54 54 55 56 57
Supplies 5   8 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 8   12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11
Other 1   3 3 4 7 7 7 7 4 2   4 4 5 7 8 8 8 4
                                         
Instructional staff
     services5
205   312 337 446 515 508 509 503 495 360   434 453 527 572 556 552 535 511
Salaries 135   191 207 265 309 304 301 293 288 237   266 278 313 343 333 326 311 297
Employee benefits 34   46 50 79 95 96 98 100 100 60   64 67 94 106 106 106 106 103
Purchased services 15   38 42 60 67 66 69 70 68 26   53 57 71 74 72 74 74 71
Supplies 19   32 33 38 40 37 37 37 34 33   44 45 45 44 41 40 39 35
Other 2   5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4   7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
                                         
General administration 141   143 151 182 200 207 211 212 214 247   198 202 214 222 227 229 226 221
Salaries 63   68 71 79 87 90 90 89 89 111   94 95 93 97 98 98 95 91
Employee benefits 19   20 21 30 34 35 37 38 39 33   28 28 36 38 39 40 40 40
Purchased services 36   41 44 56 60 64 64 65 67 63   58 60 66 67 71 69 70 69
Supplies 4   4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7   6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Other 18   9 10 13 14 13 16 16 15 32   13 13 15 15 14 17 17 15
                                         
School administration 284   392 415 515 576 581 579 580 585 498   544 557 608 639 636 627 616 604
Salaries 217   297 314 370 410 417 413 408 409 380   412 421 437 455 456 447 434 422
Employee benefits 55   74 78 114 133 134 136 141 145 96   102 105 135 148 147 148 150 150
Purchased services 6   12 13 18 20 19 19 19 20 11   17 17 21 22 21 20 20 20
Supplies 5   7 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 8   10 10 11 11 10 9 9 9
Other 2   2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3   3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
                                         
Operation and maintenance 517   666 721 902 1,003 1,027 1,014 1,015 1,008 906   924 968 1,065 1,113 1,124 1,099 1,079 1,041
Salaries 215   272 285 326 359 367 364 356 353 377   378 383 385 398 401 395 378 364
Employee benefits 64   75 80 119 136 140 143 146 148 112   105 107 140 151 153 155 155 153
Purchased services 139   189 204 243 265 267 265 270 272 244   263 274 286 294 292 288 287 281
Supplies 91   124 146 207 234 245 233 235 228 160   172 195 244 260 268 252 250 235
Other 8   5 6 8 9 9 9 9 8 14   7 8 9 10 10 10 9 8
                                         
Student transportation 211   278 298 384 438 440 442 452 464 369   385 400 453 486 482 479 481 479
Salaries 80   108 115 136 153 154 155 152 151 140   150 154 161 169 169 168 162 156
Employee benefits 22   31 34 52 58 60 62 63 64 38   43 45 61 65 65 67 67 66
Purchased services 81   114 122 154 174 183 182 185 192 142   158 164 181 193 200 197 197 198
Supplies 23   22 25 38 49 40 40 48 52 41   31 33 45 55 44 43 51 54
Other 5   2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 8   3 4 5 4 4 4 4 5
                                         
Other support services6 136   217 242 294 331 349 348 349 361 238   302 325 348 368 382 378 371 373
Salaries 70   105 117 134 153 164 165 165 165 123   146 157 158 170 180 179 175 171
Employee benefits 24   31 34 51 61 64 64 67 69 42   42 45 60 67 70 69 71 71
Purchased services 19   53 59 70 77 80 79 78 85 34   73 79 83 85 87 86 83 88
Supplies 7   12 13 16 20 18 17 18 18 13   17 18 19 22 20 19 19 19
Other 15   17 19 23 21 23 23 21 23 26   23 26 28 24 25 25 23 24
                                         
Food services 205   276 293 352 390 402 405 412 429 359   384 393 415 433 440 439 438 443
Salaries   98 105 119 129 132 131 131 133   136 141 140 143 145 142 139 137
Employee benefits   27 29 42 46 48 49 50 51   38 39 50 51 52 53 54 53
Purchased services   19 20 30 35 37 39 42 44   27 26 35 38 40 42 44 45
Supplies   129 136 157 177 181 181 184 196   179 183 186 197 198 197 196 202
Other   3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5   4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
                                         
Enterprise operations7 23   17 16 21 24 26 25 22 22 40   24 22 25 27 28 28 24 23
Salaries   4 3 4 6 7 7 7 6   5 4 5 7 8 7 7 6
Employee benefits   1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2   1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Purchased services   4 4 5 5 5 5 3 4   5 5 6 5 6 6 4 4
Supplies   6 5 6 7 7 7 6 6   8 7 7 8 8 8 6 6
Other   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4   4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
                                         
Capital outlay8 477   923 976 1,166 1,348 1,336 1,148 1,029 985 837   1,281 1,310 1,377 1,496 1,463 1,244 1,094 1,018
                                         
Interest on school debt 105   195 215 292 319 346 349 363 358 184   271 289 345 354 379 379 385 370
—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).
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 2011-12. (This table was prepared July 2014.)

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