Table 3.1. Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools and percentage distribution of revenues, by source of funds, locale, and district poverty level: 2003

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Table 3.1.

Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools and percentage distribution of revenues, by source of funds, locale, and district poverty level: 2003–04

Locale and district poverty level ¹	Amount (in thousands)					Percentage distribution
	Total	Federal		State	Local	Total	Federal		State	Local
	Total	All	Impact Aid ²	State	Local	Total	All	Impact Aid ²	State	Local
Total	$453,400,652	$37,808,157	$1,139,359	$209,701,624	$205,890,871	100.0	8.3	0.3	46.3	45.4
City	146,163,198	15,900,546	217,639	67,718,762	62,543,890	100.0	10.9	0.1	46.3	42.8
Low	9,091,268	325,552	11,908	3,071,008	5,694,708	100.0	3.6	0.1	33.8	62.6
Middle low	15,653,185	1,013,323	65,865	6,074,803	8,565,059	100.0	6.5	0.4	38.8	54.7
Middle	21,665,316	1,789,426	9,370	9,719,023	10,156,867	100.0	8.3	0.0	44.9	46.9
Middle high	32,710,740	3,669,580	111,655	15,694,559	13,346,601	100.0	11.2	0.3	48.0	40.8
High	67,042,689	9,102,665	18,841	33,159,369	24,780,655	100.0	13.6	0.0	49.5	37.0
Suburban	177,784,268	10,118,851	237,097	74,538,803	93,126,614	100.0	5.7	0.1	41.9	52.4
Low	70,526,667	2,014,290	66,527	22,891,008	45,621,369	100.0	2.9	0.1	32.5	64.7
Middle low	44,369,835	2,254,879	19,729	18,791,991	23,322,965	100.0	5.1	0.0	42.4	52.6
Middle	32,715,447	2,622,052	106,318	15,708,226	14,385,169	100.0	8.0	0.3	48.0	44.0
Middle high	21,057,785	2,085,385	37,027	11,833,911	7,138,489	100.0	9.9	0.2	56.2	33.9
High	9,114,534	1,142,245	7,496	5,313,667	2,658,622	100.0	12.5	0.1	58.3	29.2
Town	52,461,047	4,947,534	182,926	27,436,275	20,077,238	100.0	9.4	0.3	52.3	38.3
Low	5,387,222	191,254	9,454	2,498,273	2,697,695	100.0	3.6	0.2	46.4	50.1
Middle low	11,472,236	719,584	53,970	5,643,013	5,109,639	100.0	6.3	0.5	49.2	44.5
Middle	12,315,137	1,032,006	26,805	6,406,366	4,876,765	100.0	8.4	0.2	52.0	39.6
Middle high	14,151,139	1,549,708	30,789	7,624,610	4,976,821	100.0	11.0	0.2	53.9	35.2
High	9,135,313	1,454,982	61,908	5,264,013	2,416,318	100.0	15.9	0.7	57.6	26.5
Rural	76,992,139	6,841,226	501,697	40,007,784	30,143,129	100.0	8.9	0.7	52.0	39.2
Low	14,894,005	505,214	17,868	6,375,226	8,013,565	100.0	3.4	0.1	42.8	53.8
Middle low	17,509,198	986,990	41,956	8,563,810	7,958,398	100.0	5.6	0.2	48.9	45.5
Middle	17,615,960	1,406,807	37,297	9,654,650	6,554,503	100.0	8.0	0.2	54.8	37.2
Middle high	16,508,782	1,930,687	112,000	9,342,077	5,236,018	100.0	11.7	0.7	56.6	31.7
High	10,464,194	2,011,528	292,576	6,072,021	2,380,645	100.0	19.2	2.8	58.0	22.8
Fringe	33,786,582	2,487,836	98,070	16,614,548	14,684,198	100.0	7.4	0.3	49.2	43.5
Low	9,874,548	303,408	15,512	3,913,403	5,657,737	100.0	3.1	0.2	39.6	57.3
Middle low	8,262,287	451,178	9,405	3,948,181	3,862,928	100.0	5.5	0.1	47.8	46.8
Middle	6,680,348	540,788	14,340	3,674,730	2,464,830	100.0	8.1	0.2	55.0	36.9
Middle high	5,795,074	650,761	19,094	3,186,049	1,958,264	100.0	11.2	0.3	55.0	33.8
High	3,174,325	541,701	39,719	1,892,185	740,439	100.0	17.1	1.3	59.6	23.3
Distant	28,356,432	2,472,848	106,275	15,636,598	10,246,986	100.0	8.7	0.4	55.1	36.1
Low	6,241,127	324,077	1,572	3,913,403	2,052,444	100.0	3.9	#	48.9	47.2
Middle low	7,427,545	573,919	10,152	3,948,181	2,731,789	100.0	5.2	0.2	51.0	43.8
Middle	6,630,139	766,755	12,711	3,674,730	2,648,187	100.0	7.7	0.2	56.6	35.7
Middle high	3,712,766	640,519	35,989	3,186,049	1,940,245	100.0	11.6	0.5	59.2	29.3
High	674,602	34,228	45,851	1,892,185	874,321	100.0	17.3	1.2	59.2	23.5
Remote	14,849,125	1,880,542	297,352	7,756,638	5,211,945	100.0	12.7	2.0	52.2	35.1
Low	674,602	34,228	784	336,990	303,384	100.0	5.1	0.1	50.0	45.0
Middle low	3,005,784	211,735	22,399	1,430,368	1,363,681	100.0	7.0	0.7	47.6	45.4
Middle	3,508,067	292,100	10,246	1,774,481	1,441,486	100.0	8.3	0.3	50.6	41.1
Middle high	4,083,569	513,171	56,917	2,232,889	1,337,509	100.0	12.6	1.4	54.7	32.8
High	3,577,103	829,308	207,006	1,981,910	765,885	100.0	23.2	5.8	55.4	21.4
# Rounds to zero. ¹ District poverty was determined by ranking school districts by the percentage of enrolled children ages 5–17 from families with an income below the poverty threshold, and then dividing these districts into five categories with equal proportions of the total enrollment. The low-poverty district category consists of 20 percent of students in districts with the lowest percentages of poor school-age children. Conversely, the high-poverty district category consists of the 20 percent of students in districts with the highest percentages of poor school-age children. For a comparison of poverty definitions, see appendix B. ² Impact Aid was designed to assist local school districts that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property, or that have experienced increased expenditures due to the enrollment of federally connected children, including children living on Indian lands. NOTE: Rural areas are located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster. Urbanized areas are densely settled areas containing at least 50,000 people. Urban clusters are densely settled areas with a population of 2,500 to 49,999. Fringe rural areas are 5 miles or less from an urbanized area or 2.5 miles or less from an urban cluster. Distant rural areas are more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster. Remote rural areas are more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from an urban cluster. For more details on Census-defined areas, see http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/ua_2k.html. 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," 2003–04.