Table A15. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary 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 2007

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2007–08

NCES 2010-349
July 2010

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Table A15. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary 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 2007
						Current expenditures for instruction as a percent of total expenditures¹

		Revenues by source
Name of reporting district	State		Federal	State	Local
Total	†		10.0	45.5	44.6	52.5

New York City Public Schools	NY		9.8	47.7	42.5	65.3
Los Angeles Unified	CA		11.6	69.4	19.0	47.2
Puerto Rico Department of Education²	PR		28.9	71.1	#	96.1
City of Chicago School District 299	IL		15.0	36.2	48.8	52.2
Dade	FL		11.4	38.4	50.3	43.8

Clark County School District	NV		7.1	22.8	70.0	44.6
Broward	FL		8.5	38.8	52.7	46.2
Houston Independent School District	TX		13.3	20.0	66.6	48.1
Hillsborough	FL		11.9	52.9	35.3	47.3
Hawaii Department of Education	HI		8.6	89.8	1.6	53.5

Orange	FL		7.5	43.1	49.3	42.1
Philadelphia City School District	PA		12.8	53.4	33.8	31.3
Palm Beach	FL		6.5	17.6	75.9	44.1
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA		3.7	20.0	76.3	54.0
Dallas Independent School District	TX		13.4	19.7	66.9	48.4

Gwinnett County	GA		5.6	41.8	52.7	54.8
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD		4.1	21.1	74.7	56.4
Wake County Schools	NC		4.5	43.0	52.5	48.9
San Diego Unified	CA		8.9	46.6	44.4	47.4
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	NC		7.4	50.8	41.8	52.8

Prince George's County Public Schools	MD		6.3	48.6	45.1	49.2
Duval	FL		9.6	49.8	40.6	53.4
Memphis City School District	TN		13.4	37.3	49.3	56.2
Pinellas	FL		8.8	34.4	56.8	51.8
Detroit City School District	MI		17.9	60.9	21.3	49.8

Cobb County	GA		5.8	38.6	55.6	58.6
Baltimore County Public Schools	MD		7.0	40.4	52.6	51.8
Dekalb County	GA		7.9	34.1	58.0	56.1
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	TX		5.0	32.7	62.2	46.0
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM		9.6	75.8	14.5	47.6

Jefferson County	KY		10.5	40.7	48.8	48.2
Polk	FL		8.4	54.6	37.0	50.9
Long Beach Unified	CA		14.7	71.2	14.1	56.2
Milwaukee School District	WI		13.9	62.6	23.5	55.0
Northside Independent School District	TX		7.5	36.7	55.7	43.6

Fulton County	GA		4.6	29.9	65.6	50.9
Jefferson County School District No R 1	CO		5.0	41.4	53.6	47.5
Jordan District	UT		7.1	51.9	41.0	50.9
Austin Independent School District	TX		8.5	14.6	76.9	39.3
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD		9.9	63.6	26.5	49.9

Lee	FL		6.6	24.8	68.6	37.9
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX		13.8	36.1	50.1	52.6
Fresno Unified	CA		14.7	69.0	16.3	52.3
Granite District	UT		11.0	56.7	32.3	56.0
Brevard	FL		7.2	43.0	49.8	45.7

Davidson County School District	TN		10.1	25.9	64.0	53.7
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD		4.8	30.9	64.2	52.5
Denver County 1	CO		10.9	31.9	57.3	46.3
Mesa Unified District	AZ		8.5	51.8	39.8	52.6
Prince William County Public Schools	VA		4.2	41.1	54.8	49.3

Va Beach City Public Schools	VA		7.6	46.5	45.9	51.3
Guilford County Schools	NC		8.6	55.3	36.2	47.3
Davis District	UT		8.3	59.9	31.8	48.4
Greenville 01	SC		8.2	44.9	46.9	38.5
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX		5.2	35.6	59.3	49.3

Pasco	FL		7.0	53.7	39.2	40.0
Washoe County School District	NV		6.0	30.2	63.7	56.8
Seminole	FL		6.7	48.8	44.5	51.8
Volusia	FL		7.3	37.1	55.6	44.0
Mobile County	AL		13.9	59.2	26.9	49.6

Alpine District	UT		8.7	60.8	30.5	57.2
Arlington Independent School District	TX		8.6	29.0	62.3	59.4
Elk Grove Unified	CA		6.8	67.3	25.9	51.9
North East Independent School District	TX		5.5	24.5	69.9	45.4
El Paso Independent School District	TX		15.3	49.2	35.5	52.2

Aldine Independent School District	TX		12.7	51.1	36.2	53.4
Tucson Unified District	AZ		12.0	49.7	38.3	47.4
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA		4.2	46.7	49.1	52.2
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC		11.7	0.0	88.3	43.1
Garland Independent School District	TX		7.6	43.8	48.6	50.5

Santa Ana Unified	CA		13.0	66.5	20.5	56.0
San Bernardino City Unified	CA		12.7	76.8	10.6	47.5
Boston	MA		8.4	30.7	60.9	56.9
Columbus City	OH		11.1	38.6	50.3	44.7
San Francisco Unified	CA		11.4	41.4	47.1	39.8

San Antonio Independent School District	TX		18.0	49.5	32.5	50.1
Knox County School District	TN		8.8	27.1	64.1	55.7
Katy Independent School District	TX		3.6	36.0	60.4	46.5
Loudoun County Public Schools	VA		1.4	22.7	75.9	41.8
Plano Independent School District	TX		3.2	14.0	82.8	39.2

Cumberland County Schools	NC		13.1	62.6	24.2	58.5
Douglas County School District No Re 1	CO		2.1	40.0	57.9	46.5
Cleveland Municipal City	OH		14.3	56.7	29.0	54.8
Osceola	FL		7.3	46.0	46.8	45.5
Clayton County	GA		10.6	44.6	44.8	52.6

Capistrano Unified	CA		5.0	35.9	59.1	56.2
Forsyth County Schools	NC		9.6	57.5	32.9	58.8
Corona Norco Unified	CA		4.5	62.7	32.8	43.1
Pasadena Independent School District	TX		10.4	50.3	39.3	44.2
Cherry Creek 5	CO		3.8	39.7	56.6	57.4

Atlanta Public Schools	GA		10.9	18.7	70.4	51.8
Lewisville Independent School District	TX		5.0	16.9	78.1	46.4
Howard County Public Schools	MD		2.5	25.2	72.4	53.3
Anchorage School District	AK		11.2	55.6	33.2	51.6
Brownsville Independent School District	TX		16.8	65.8	17.4	52.9

Garden Grove Unified	CA		9.5	68.4	22.1	61.6
Henrico County Public Schools	VA		5.4	45.9	48.6	49.1
Sacramento City Unified	CA		13.7	63.7	22.5	50.1
Omaha Public Schools	NE		15.8	36.8	47.3	50.0
San Juan Unified	CA		8.7	62.2	29.1	56.5
† 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. New York City Public Schools includes guidance counselor costs in its instructional figures.
² Data for Puerto Rico were obtained from the CCD National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS).
NOTE: Data include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). 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), "School District Finance Survey" (F-33), FY 2007, Version 1a, and "National Public Education Financial Survey," (NPEFS), 2006–07, Version 1a.

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