Table 2. Median expenditures per pupil and median payments per pupil to other districts, private schools, and charter schools from elementary and secondary regular school districts, by type of expenditure in states and independent charter school districts: Fiscal year 2006

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2005–06 (Fiscal Year 2006)

NCES 2008-345
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Table 2. Median expenditures per pupil and median payments per pupil to other districts, private schools, and charter schools from elementary and secondary regular school districts, by type of expenditure in states and independent charter school districts: Fiscal year 2006
State and independent charter school districts	Median expenditures per pupil						Median payments per pupil to other districts, private schools, and charter schools
	Total¹	Current expenditures		Capital outlay³	Other programs⁴ and payments to state and local governments	Interest on long-term debt
	Total¹	Total current²	Instruction and instruction-related	Capital outlay³	Other programs⁴ and payments to state and local governments	Interest on long-term debt
United States	$9,799	$8,587	$5,528	$396	$21	$143	$95

Alabama	8,353	7,590	4,708	424	132	99	3
Alaska	18,096	15,827	9,657	1,149	7	0	0
Arizona	9,181	7,713	4,307	648	1	35	0
Arkansas	8,311	7,547	4,987	329	1	169	12
California	9,245	7,848	5,141	646	21	86	84

Colorado	9,778	8,321	5,116	603	33	199	126
Connecticut	12,866	11,898	7,822	217	17	218	393
Delaware	11,838	10,754	6,808	640	8	120	349
District of Columbia⁵	15,798	13,446	6,898	2,127	225	0	2,350
Florida	9,326	7,630	4,924	1,318	110	74	0

Georgia	9,172	8,223	5,533	550	0	57	6
Hawaii⁵	10,376	9,640	6,018	410	325	0	236
Idaho	7,894	7,313	4,681	367	0	125	0
Illinois	8,704	7,798	4,857	349	1	160	321
Indiana	9,646	7,913	4,893	652	758	87	242

Iowa	8,733	7,788	5,104	587	0	126	440
Kansas	10,042	9,151	5,854	713	0	127	7
Kentucky	8,603	7,484	4,856	540	97	187	0
Louisiana	8,586	7,898	5,093	412	23	128	1
Maine	11,639	10,927	7,285	187	32	72	324

Maryland	11,324	10,138	6,670	1,167	29	108	111
Massachusetts	12,125	11,114	7,478	145	0	272	832
Michigan	9,160	8,218	5,328	261	69	358	1
Minnesota	10,051	8,389	5,666	573	330	314	331
Mississippi	7,862	7,274	4,640	330	13	93	0

Missouri	8,389	7,543	4,878	376	85	87	62
Montana	10,405	9,682	6,178	202	0	0	31
Nebraska	10,012	9,278	6,336	397	0	0	0
Nevada	9,846	8,819	5,877	699	36	265	2
New Hampshire	11,632	10,922	7,045	252	0	145	682

New Jersey	14,563	13,165	8,226	450	55	264	669
New Mexico	11,678	9,991	5,838	1,154	47	124	6
New York	16,035	14,292	9,779	487	51	367	160
North Carolina	8,383	7,790	5,006	312	20	136	0
North Dakota	10,101	9,463	5,554	470	0	0	487

Ohio	8,816	7,960	5,085	303	116	135	102
Oklahoma	7,836	7,359	4,357	266	0	27	0
Oregon	9,130	8,458	5,151	188	3	170	26
Pennsylvania	10,417	9,318	6,029	299	29	389	634
Rhode Island	12,336	11,949	7,642	112	130	162	659

South Carolina	9,098	8,120	5,221	480	97	176	17
South Dakota	8,867	8,000	4,990	426	0	90	22
Tennessee	7,130	6,457	4,584	291	65	151	1
Texas	9,420	8,099	5,183	427	9	203	50
Utah	7,878	6,321	4,230	758	190	173	0

Vermont	12,060	11,413	7,610	169	0	87	7,388
Virginia	9,595	8,692	5,839	501	11	165	80
Washington	9,134	8,074	5,158	295	0	161	8
West Virginia	10,126	9,338	5,933	316	48	0	0
Wisconsin	10,657	9,706	6,312	258	170	286	203
Wyoming	15,064	12,133	7,694	1,388	3	16	0

Independent charter school districts⁶	7,971	7,499	4,123	52	0	0	0
¹ Total expenditures do not include payments to other school districts and payments to private schools and charter schools.
² 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.
³ Capital outlay expenditures are those for school construction, property, and equipment.
⁴ Other programs include community services, adult education, and community colleges.
⁵ The District of Columbia and Hawaii consist of only one school district each.
⁶ All associated schools are charter schools.
NOTE: How to read this table: Using Alabama, total expenditures as an example, if all school districts were listed by size of total expenditures per pupil, the district at the midpoint (median) would have total expenditures per pupil of $8,353. Median expenditures are reported for each data item, so details do not sum to totals. National figures do not include independent charter school districts. National and state figures include charter schools that are affiliated with regular school districts. Only regular school districts matching the Common Core of Data (CCD) "Local Education Agency Universe Survey" and with student membership greater than zero were used in creating the national and state figures; 92.1 percent of all school districts met these criteria. Independent charter school districts matching the Common Core of Data (CCD) "Local Education Agency Universe Survey" with revenues greater than zero and expenditures greater than zero were included in the charter school analysis; 97.6 percent of charter school districts met these criteria.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal year 2006, Version 1a.

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