Total current expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools, percentage distribution, and expenditures per pupil in the United States and other jurisdictions, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2004

Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, School Districts, Revenues, and Expenditures: School Year 2004–05 and Fiscal Year 2004

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Table 8. Total current expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools, percentage distribution, and expenditures per pupil in the United States and other jurisdictions, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2004—Continued (Return to Table 8)
State or jurisdiction	Percentage				Current expenditures per pupil
State or jurisdiction	Instruction and instruction-related¹	Student support	Administration	Operations	Total¹		Instruction and instruction-related¹		Student support		Administration		Operations
United States²	66.1	5.2	11.0	17.8	$8,310	⁴	$5,492	⁴	$429	⁴	$914	⁴	$1,475	⁴

Alabama	64.3	4.9	10.6	20.2	6,581		4,231		321		700		1,330
Alaska	62.5	6.6	11.0	20.0	10,116		6,317		667		1,110		2,022
Arizona	62.4	5.5	12.4	19.6	5,991		3,741		330		743		1,176
Arkansas	65.9	4.6	11.4	18.1	6,842		4,509		314		779		1,240
California	67.1	4.5	12.4	16.0	7,673	⁴	5,150	⁴	343	⁴	949	⁴	1,231	⁴

Colorado	62.3	4.5	17.1	16.1	7,478		4,656		334		1,282		1,206
Connecticut	67.1	5.7	9.9	17.3	11,436		7,677		647		1,135		1,978
Delaware	62.4	4.8	12.7	20.0	10,212		6,377		490		1,299		2,046
District of Columbia	61.1	6.4	10.6	21.9	12,959		7,916		832		1,371		2,839
Florida	65.4	4.9	10.0	19.7	6,793		4,440		336		679		1,338

Georgia	68.8	4.6	10.3	16.3	7,742		5,331		357		794		1,260
Hawaii	65.6	11.1	9.4	13.9	8,533		5,595		944		806		1,189
Idaho	65.8	5.6	10.1	18.5	6,168		4,060		343		620		1,143
Illinois	63.9	6.2	12.1	17.8	8,606		5,497		535		1,045		1,529
Indiana	63.8	4.4	11.4	20.3	8,431		5,383		375		958		1,715

Iowa	66.0	6.2	11.1	16.7	7,626		5,030		476		848		1,272
Kansas	64.0	5.7	11.8	18.5	7,776		4,974		444		921		1,438
Kentucky	65.7	4.4	10.5	19.4	6,861		4,505		300		722		1,334
Louisiana	65.2	4.4	10.0	20.4	7,271		4,739		320		729		1,483
Maine	70.2	3.3	9.2	17.2	9,746		6,846		325		898		1,677

Maryland	69.3	3.6	9.2	18.0	9,433		6,535		336		865		1,697
Massachusetts	69.4	5.6	9.0	16.1	11,015		7,642		611		988		1,773
Michigan	61.8	7.0	13.2	18.0	9,094		5,621		637		1,202		1,633
Minnesota	69.7	3.2	9.5	17.7	8,405		5,854		267		799		1,485
Mississippi	64.7	4.5	10.8	20.1	6,199		4,009		280		667		1,243

Missouri	65.1	5.0	10.9	19.0	7,542		4,913		373		823		1,432
Montana	65.0	5.1	11.2	18.7	7,825		5,087		400		875		1,462
Nebraska	67.2	4.1	10.6	18.2	8,452		5,681		343		893		1,535
Nevada	66.4	3.8	12.9	16.8	6,410		4,259		246		827		1,079
New Hampshire	68.0	6.7	9.6	15.6	9,161		6,230		614		884		1,433

New Jersey	62.6	9.0	9.9	18.5	13,338		8,348		1,200		1,319		2,471
New Mexico	60.9	9.9	10.8	18.4	7,572		4,607		750		818		1,396
New York	71.2	3.4	9.3	16.2	12,638		8,993		432		1,170		2,043
North Carolina	66.7	5.1	10.8	17.3	6,613		4,414		340		716		1,143
North Dakota	62.8	4.0	12.1	21.0	7,297		4,586		294		882		1,535

Ohio	63.6	6.0	13.4	17.0	9,029		5,746		540		1,211		1,533
Oklahoma	60.5	6.5	11.3	21.7	6,154		3,720		401		695		1,337
Oregon	63.3	6.6	13.8	16.3	7,618		4,819		506		1,049		1,244
Pennsylvania	65.5	4.8	10.8	18.9	9,708		6,355		467		1,051		1,835
Rhode Island	68.9	8.0	8.7	14.3	11,078		7,636		889		965		1,588

South Carolina	65.9	6.8	9.8	17.5	7,177		4,732		486		701		1,258
South Dakota	63.2	5.5	12.5	18.9	7,068		4,466		386		884		1,332
Tennessee	69.5	3.6	8.8	18.2	6,466	⁴	4,491	⁴	233	⁴	568	⁴	1,174	⁴
Texas	65.8	4.9	10.7	18.6	7,151		4,707		348		762		1,333
Utah	68.4	3.7	9.4	18.5	4,991		3,413		187		467		924

Vermont	67.7	7.3	11.3	13.7	11,211		7,593		814		1,268		1,536
Virginia	67.6	4.8	8.9	18.7	8,219		5,553		398		731		1,537
Washington	64.2	6.2	11.5	18.1	7,391		4,745		459		851		1,337
West Virginia	64.3	3.4	9.6	22.7	8,588		5,525		290		823		1,950
Wisconsin	66.4	4.6	12.4	16.7	9,240		6,132		427		1,142		1,539
Wyoming	64.5	5.9	11.5	18.1	9,308		6,000		551		1,072		1,684

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	57.9	4.4	8.0	29.6	3,493		2,024		155		279		1,036
Guam	59.2	11.2	12.3	17.2	5,781		3,425		649		713		994
Northern Marianas Islands	86.2	1.3	7.9	4.7	4,241		3,653		54		334		199
Puerto Rico	75.4	2.4	2.9	19.4	4,147		3,125		98		118		805
U.S. Virgin Islands	68.6	5.6	12.4	13.4	7,239		4,965		405		896		974
¹ Includes expenditures for individuals to attend private schools or schools in other states.
² U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
³ Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items.
⁴ Prekindergarten students were imputed, affecting total student count and per pupil expenditure calculation.
NOTE: 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 (NPEFS)," fiscal year 2004, Version 1a.

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