Table A-15. Percentage of revenues by source and total current expenditures for instruction for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: Fiscal year 2003

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2003–04

NCES 2006-329
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Table A-15. Percentage of revenues by source and total current expenditures for instruction for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by school district: Fiscal year 2003

		Revenues by source				Current expenditures for instruction as a percentage of total expenditures¹
Name of reporting district	State	Total	Federal	State	Local
Total	†	100.0	10.4	46.7	42.9	62.6

New York City Public Schools	NY	100.0	10.9	46.5	42.6	78.4
Los Angeles Unified	CA	100.0	11.8	66.0	22.1	58.6
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	100.0	30.6	69.4	#	71.9
City of Chicago School District	IL	100.0	15.7	38.5	45.8	62.0
Dade County School District	FL	100.0	11.3	47.0	41.7	61.0

Broward County School District	FL	100.0	8.7	46.4	44.9	57.0
Clark County School District	NV	100.0	6.5	26.3	67.2	62.0
Houston Independent School District	TX	100.0	12.0	21.5	66.5	59.1
Philadelphia City School District	PA	100.0	14.2	50.9	35.0	57.4
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	100.0	8.2	90.1	1.7	60.3

Hillsborough County School District	FL	100.0	13.8	50.3	36.0	59.3
Palm Beach County School District	FL	100.0	7.5	29.6	62.9	61.3
Orange County School District	FL	100.0	8.6	43.8	47.6	56.6
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	100.0	4.0	18.4	77.6	60.7
Dallas Independent School District	TX	100.0	12.2	19.6	68.2	62.6

Detroit City School District	MI	100.0	14.3	70.9	14.8	56.2
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	100.0	4.0	19.8	76.2	64.1
San Diego City Unified	CA	100.0	10.7	45.0	44.3	60.9
Prince Georges County Public Schools	MD	100.0	6.9	46.9	46.2	57.8
Duval County School District	FL	100.0	10.1	49.8	40.1	58.4

Gwinnett County School District	GA	100.0	3.7	46.1	50.2	65.1
Memphis City School District	TN	100.0	12.7	36.3	51.0	60.8
Pinellas County School District	FL	100.0	9.3	43.5	47.2	58.3
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	100.0	6.4	55.7	37.9	61.8
Wake County Schools	NC	100.0	5.3	52.1	42.7	62.0

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	100.0	5.8	34.9	59.3	59.8
Cobb County School District	GA	100.0	4.5	41.2	54.3	68.7
De Kalb County School District	GA	100.0	6.1	41.6	52.4	63.1
Long Beach Unified	CA	100.0	13.8	64.6	21.6	60.0
Milwaukee School District	WI	100.0	14.9	62.1	22.9	59.5

Jefferson (KY) County	KY	100.0	5.9	45.1	49.0	55.0
Baltimore City Public School System	MD	100.0	14.2	60.9	24.9	62.6
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	100.0	9.2	75.9	15.0	58.9
Jefferson (CO) County	CO	100.0	4.2	42.7	53.1	52.0
Polk County School District	FL	100.0	11.5	53.6	34.9	61.6

Fresno Unified	CA	100.0	13.1	64.8	22.1	60.3
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	100.0	11.1	44.0	44.9	58.5
Austin Independent School District	TX	100.0	7.5	11.5	81.0	58.3
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	100.0	9.1	46.3	44.6	59.7
Mesa Unified District	AZ	100.0	7.8	49.2	43.0	60.8

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	100.0	3.3	35.5	61.2	66.0
Jordan School District	UT	100.0	6.3	53.7	40.0	63.7
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	100.0	5.3	32.7	62.0	61.5
Brevard County School District	FL	100.0	8.6	51.1	40.3	61.7
Fulton County School District	GA	100.0	4.0	28.5	67.5	65.1

Denver County	CO	100.0	10.6	34.3	55.1	54.4
Northside Independent School District	TX	100.0	7.4	39.5	53.0	60.0
Granite School District	UT	100.0	10.9	57.2	32.0	64.4
Cleveland City School District	OH	100.0	17.8	48.6	33.6	56.7
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	100.0	8.4	30.3	61.3	62.8

Orleans Parish School Board	LA	100.0	17.8	45.2	37.0	61.9
Guilford County Schools	NC	100.0	8.6	57.9	33.6	62.1
Lee County School District	FL	100.0	9.2	25.5	65.3	55.0
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	100.0	13.7	0.0	86.3	52.6
Seminole County School District	FL	100.0	7.2	46.4	46.4	62.7

Mobile County School District	AL	100.0	14.6	56.5	28.9	59.7
Greenville County School District	SC	100.0	7.2	46.3	46.5	59.6
Volusia County School District	FL	100.0	8.2	43.8	48.0	59.8
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	100.0	3.6	39.3	57.1	58.3
El Paso Independent School District	TX	100.0	14.0	54.4	31.6	61.4

Columbus City School District	OH	100.0	8.9	39.5	51.6	55.0
Santa Ana Unified	CA	100.0	9.4	55.7	34.9	59.8
Arlington Independent School District	TX	100.0	6.3	26.1	67.6	64.5
Washoe County School District	NV	100.0	7.3	29.2	63.5	64.9
Tucson Unified District	AZ	100.0	12.5	45.8	41.7	52.1

Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	100.0	4.3	41.9	53.8	63.3
Davis School District	UT	100.0	7.8	60.3	31.9	63.9
Boston School District	MA	100.0	9.6	32.3	58.1	63.4
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	100.0	11.5	77.7	10.9	57.3
San Francisco Unified	CA	100.0	12.2	29.1	58.7	57.5

Pasco County School District	FL	100.0	9.3	57.1	33.6	55.5
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	100.0	15.7	55.3	28.9	58.5
North East Independent School District	TX	100.0	6.1	25.5	68.4	63.2
Aldine Independent School District	TX	100.0	10.5	53.9	35.6	62.1
Elk Grove Unified	CA	100.0	6.2	59.7	34.2	63.8

Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	100.0	4.3	43.1	52.5	63.3
Garland Independent School District	TX	100.0	5.8	47.7	46.5	63.1
Cumberland County Schools	NC	100.0	12.1	62.6	25.3	62.5
Knox County School District	TN	100.0	6.3	33.4	60.4	63.8
Sacramento City Unified	CA	100.0	14.4	62.5	23.1	59.7

Atlanta City School District	GA	100.0	9.6	25.5	64.9	56.3
Plano Independent School District	TX	100.0	2.6	7.9	89.5	64.5
Jefferson Parish School Board	LA	100.0	14.1	37.5	48.3	62.1
Alpine School District	UT	100.0	5.6	65.9	28.5	66.6
San Juan Unified	CA	100.0	9.2	62.2	28.6	63.5

Clayton County	GA	100.0	8.1	51.4	40.6	63.9
Oakland Unified	CA	100.0	11.3	60.7	28.0	59.9
Garden Grove Unified	CA	100.0	9.1	59.4	31.5	65.9
Capistrano Unified	CA	100.0	4.0	36.2	59.8	65.8
Anchorage School District	AK	100.0	12.1	56.0	31.9	59.3

Wichita	KS	100.0	11.7	58.4	29.9	56.1
Portland School District	OR	100.0	9.9	39.0	51.1	61.7
Howard County Pub Schools System	MD	100.0	2.8	29.3	67.9	63.5
Forsyth County Schools	NC	100.0	8.7	57.3	34.1	66.2
Seattle	WA	100.0	9.5	47.1	43.4	58.1

Newark City	NJ	100.0	7.1	81.5	11.4	58.7
Shelby County School District	TN	100.0	4.9	42.9	52.2	68.3
Ysleta Independent School District	TX	100.0	14.2	66.1	19.7	62.1
East Baton Rouge Parish School	LA	100.0	12.8	35.2	52.0	55.3
Cherry Creek 5	CO	100.0	2.8	35.3	61.8	63.5
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
¹ Instructional expenditures are current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services.
NOTE: The universe for this table includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Defense schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Special education students or other students enrolled in private schools at the district's expense, and expenditures for these students, are not included in these percentages.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey" (F-33), FY 2003, version 1a, and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2002–03.

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