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Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2004—05 (Fiscal Year 2005)
NCES 2007-355
June 2007


Table 5.  Expenditures per pupil at the 5th, median, and 95th percentile cutpoints and federal range ratio for public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States, by district type and type of expenditure: Fiscal year 2005
 
District type and expenditure type Expenditures per pupil Federal range ratio1
5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Regular school districts2
Total expenditures3  $6,711 $9,392 $18,100 1.7
Total current4  6,176 8,237 15,301 1.5
Instruction and instruction-related  3,921 5,326 9,796 1.5
Support services  1,895 2,858 5,757 2.0
Other elementary/secondary current  43 363 711 15.5
Capital outlay5  28 398 3,723 130.8
Other programs6  0 11 288
Payments to state and local governments  0 0 206
Interest on long-term debt  0 136 709
Payments to other districts, private schools, and charter schools  0 91 1,886
 
Independent charter school districts7 
Total expenditures3  $4,698 $7,779 $16,508 2.5
Total current4  4,461 7,229 14,868 2.3
Instruction and instruction-related  1,728 3,956 8,644 4.0
Support services  1,350 3,168 7,910 4.9
Other elementary/secondary current  0 43 686
Capital outlay5  0 37 2,507
Other programs6  0 0 391
Payments to state and local governments  0 0 19
Interest on long-term debt  0 0 420
Payments to other districts, private schools, and charter schools  0 0 87
† Not applicable.
1 The federal range ratio indicates the difference between the amount per pupil of the district at the 95th percentile and the district at the 5th percentile divided by the amount per pupil for the district at the 5th percentile.
2 Regular school districts are school districts that provide instruction and other education services and that do not focus primarily on special education or vocational education. Education service agencies and independent charter school districts are also excluded from this category. School districts that have both charter and noncharter schools are included in this category.
3 Total expenditures do not include payments to other school districts and payments to private schools and charter schools.
4 Total current expenditures include instruction, instruction-related, support services, and other elementary/secondary current expenditures, but exclude expenditures on capital outlay, other programs and payments to state and local governments, interest on long-term debt, payments to other school districts, and payments to private and charter schools.
5 Capital outlay expenditures are those for school construction, property, and equipment.
6 Other programs include community services, adult education, and community colleges.
7 All associated schools are charter schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal year 2005, Version 1a.