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Table A14.  Public elementary and secondary revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: Fiscal year 2008
 
Current expenditures
(in thousands of dollars)
Name of reporting district State Total students (fall membership)1 Revenues by source (in thousands of dollars) Current expenditures per pupil
  Total Federal State Local   Total2 Instructional3
Total † 11,184,327   $134,417,952 $12,958,034 $62,587,995 $58,871,922   $140,612,186 $74,188,096 $12,572
                       
New York City Public Schools NY 989,941   19,885,693 1,785,145 9,335,189 8,765,359   21,848,614 14,194,945 22,071
Los Angeles Unified CA 693,680   9,551,053 1,053,853 6,660,389 1,836,811   10,244,106 4,623,969 14,768
Puerto Rico Department of Education4 PR 526,565   3,365,390 940,011 2,424,243 1,135   3,545,899 3,413,884 6,734
City of Chicago School District 299 IL 407,510   4,844,616 808,902 1,845,925 2,189,789   4,941,544 2,529,405 12,126
Dade FL 348,128   3,959,408 427,479 1,431,109 2,100,820   4,624,086 2,108,499 13,283
                       
Clark County School District NV 309,051   3,111,868 196,022 852,790 2,063,056   3,664,948 1,461,071 11,859
Broward FL 258,893   2,874,695 233,523 1,132,545 1,508,627   2,995,075 1,415,286 11,569
Houston Independent School District TX 199,534   2,059,689 267,705 597,926 1,194,058   1,968,836 1,007,273 9,867
Hillsborough FL 193,180   2,068,665 247,129 1,034,236 787,300   2,112,627 986,010 10,936
Hawaii Department of Education HI 179,897   2,541,703 310,732 2,154,313 76,658   2,242,408 1,281,836 12,465
                       
Orange FL 174,142   1,974,283 155,268 726,790 1,092,225   2,031,946 891,569 11,668
Palm Beach FL 170,883   2,183,132 138,401 494,375 1,550,356   2,324,872 994,404 13,605
Fairfax County Public Schools VA 165,722   2,313,386 87,266 456,974 1,769,146   2,466,402 1,335,158 14,883
Philadelphia City School District PA 172,704   2,567,483 311,595 1,368,208 887,680   2,830,437 872,336 16,389
Dallas Independent School District TX 157,804   1,613,014 216,482 473,768 922,764   1,695,717 900,426 10,746
                       
Gwinnett County GA 155,618   1,764,516 95,838 789,298 879,380   1,889,054 966,328 12,139
Montgomery County Public Schools MD 137,717   2,604,887 93,751 564,940 1,946,196   2,480,429 1,316,495 18,011
Wake County Schools NC 133,649   1,264,960 68,546 691,684 504,730   1,447,518 673,079 10,831
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools NC 130,979   1,345,133 105,771 690,492 548,870   1,341,285 670,910 10,240
San Diego Unified CA 131,577   1,560,549 144,969 623,080 792,500   1,518,381 758,822 11,540
                       
Prince George's County Public Schools MD 129,752   1,926,633 117,772 1,039,575 769,286   1,990,476 979,519 15,341
Duval FL 124,740   1,238,175 106,117 577,864 554,194   1,251,694 653,501 10,034
Memphis City School District TN 115,342   1,119,814 160,100 441,915 517,799   1,148,578 614,904 9,958
Cobb County GA 107,307   1,157,791 66,790 450,898 640,103   1,150,565 710,282 10,722
Pinellas FL 107,892   1,211,026 94,072 454,583 662,371   1,125,639 580,605 10,433
                       
Baltimore County Public Schools MD 104,283   1,518,801 81,477 644,803 792,521   1,331,971 772,638 12,773
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District  TX 96,837   792,371 43,607 314,951 433,813   948,922 443,884 9,799
Dekalb County GA 100,273   1,245,461 83,281 448,301 713,879   1,167,205 641,380 11,640
Jefferson County KY 95,871   1,087,693 114,025 455,522 518,146   1,042,775 512,944 10,877
Detroit City School District MI 107,874   1,317,526 168,009 814,536 334,981   1,432,456 703,557 13,279
                       
Albuquerque Public Schools NM 95,965   999,503 87,819 742,891 168,793   1,002,803 477,539 10,450
Polk FL 93,980   1,250,657 82,891 611,812 555,954   1,198,317 714,746 12,751
Northside Independent School District TX 86,260   766,936 57,934 318,919 390,083   960,981 413,359 11,141
Fulton County GA 86,225   1,068,153 45,181 309,750 713,222   1,105,728 574,013 12,824
Long Beach Unified CA 88,186   914,366 130,977 660,542 122,847   921,942 529,331 10,455
                       
Jefferson County School District No R 1 CO 86,168   858,375 40,484 346,754 471,137   881,642 421,576 10,232
Milwaukee School District WI 86,819   1,187,218 186,192 707,164 293,862   1,180,778 628,732 13,600
Austin Independent School District TX 82,564   970,089 85,664 231,489 652,936   1,002,912 425,740 12,147
Baltimore City Public Schools MD 81,284   1,397,983 162,776 937,373 297,834   1,373,259 679,115 16,895
Jordan District UT 85,651   635,282 45,641 333,609 256,032   601,025 288,020 7,017
                       
Lee FL 80,541   980,391 67,054 220,143 693,194   945,972 400,007 11,745
Fort Worth Independent School District TX 78,857   725,234 96,921 316,310 312,003   741,991 377,875 9,409
Fresno Unified CA 76,460   838,633 123,361 590,206 125,066   866,597 458,025 11,334
Davidson County School District TN 73,715   740,835 78,816 200,955 461,064   814,449 399,854 11,049
Denver County 1 CO 73,053   861,239 93,657 239,598 527,984   1,236,973 648,191 16,933
                       
Prince Wm County Public Schools VA 72,988   878,492 34,356 366,747 477,389   919,640 438,370 12,600
Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 73,400   1,003,238 45,951 323,201 634,086   1,019,185 541,858 13,885
Brevard FL 74,369   747,371 51,979 330,491 364,901   885,106 392,696 11,902
Guilford County Schools NC 70,960   716,338 67,308 382,482 266,548   742,346 374,244 10,461
Va Beach City Public Schools VA 72,477   808,886 61,932 377,236 369,718   863,097 441,474 11,909
                       
Greenville 01 SC 69,444   684,420 55,081 367,719 261,620   733,942 322,197 10,569
Mesa Unified District AZ 73,044   635,243 55,855 330,173 249,215   603,146 324,979 8,257
Granite District UT 75,982   505,372 58,887 289,476 157,009   483,481 267,730 6,363
Fort Bend Independent School District TX 67,992   571,456 29,488 252,517 289,451   644,932 326,087 9,485
Pasco FL 66,314   713,902 55,039 378,537 280,326   750,287 319,668 11,314
                       
Davis District UT 70,323   485,031 40,386 305,454 139,191   486,371 248,967 6,916
Washoe County School District NV 65,663   618,949 45,021 208,833 365,095   612,202 319,953 9,323
Seminole FL 65,378   633,500 40,109 297,872 295,519   626,787 332,785 9,587
North East Independent School District TX 62,181   661,970 33,815 200,974 427,181   684,814 323,272 11,013
Arlington Independent School District TX 62,863   537,280 49,128 215,190 272,962   512,321 310,684 8,150
                       
Volusia FL 64,488   713,726 51,040 260,755 401,931   748,410 340,261 11,605
Mobile County AL 64,375   618,181 75,127 376,648 166,406   631,547 323,351 9,810
El Paso Independent School District TX 62,123   583,899 87,626 314,657 181,616   593,807 324,141 9,559
Alpine District UT 63,856   428,596 35,566 256,479 136,551   437,952 224,898 6,858
Elk Grove Unified CA 62,294   596,705 39,960 396,509 160,236   593,789 341,901 9,532
                       
Aldine Independent School District TX 60,083   559,919 68,093 304,002 187,824   584,369 291,364 9,726
Chesterfield County Public Schools VA 58,969   609,461 24,364 287,533 297,564   639,911 334,580 10,852
Douglas County School District No Re 1 CO 52,983   515,086 11,217 203,468 300,401   601,870 268,956 11,360
Garland Independent School District TX 57,169   482,310 38,863 247,658 195,789   483,102 269,291 8,450
Santa Ana Unified CA 57,061   564,867 69,466 366,775 128,626   594,552 331,066 10,420
                       
Tucson Unified District AZ 59,327   545,561 63,503 271,967 210,091   572,557 247,262 9,651
Loudoun County Public Schools VA 53,961   814,891 19,645 164,990 630,256   824,606 456,080 15,282
Katy Independent School District TX 54,402   508,389 20,328 218,887 269,174   654,452 257,694 12,030
Boston MA 56,168   1,313,368 91,360 393,426 828,582   1,308,629 739,053 23,298
Knox County School District TN 54,490   487,605 43,208 147,872 296,525   489,458 266,336 8,983
                       
San Francisco Unified CA 55,069   668,282 69,870 258,139 340,273   743,842 272,940 13,507
San Bernardino City Unified CA 56,727   797,791 73,382 657,628 66,781   685,268 325,229 12,080
San Antonio Independent School District TX 54,779   541,408 91,324 298,733 151,351   548,183 273,455 10,007
Cumberland County Schools NC 52,407   458,835 60,684 288,445 109,706   447,851 250,390 8,546
Plano Independent School District TX 53,683   611,837 21,894 134,561 455,382   630,243 288,907 11,740
                       
Columbus City OH 55,269   910,711 130,197 341,345 439,169   986,576 444,063 17,850
Forsyth County Schools NC 50,907   505,580 45,335 295,382 164,863   500,431 294,596 9,830
Capistrano Unified CA 52,390   453,589 23,800 146,857 282,932   449,234 273,955 8,575
Corona Norco Unified CA 51,322   476,836 26,997 306,419 143,420   481,676 265,260 9,385
Osceola FL 52,742   628,244 44,158 320,426 263,660   549,940 257,769 10,427
                       
Pasadena Independent School District TX 50,757   464,800 45,440 264,859 154,501   525,181 241,930 10,347
Cherry Creek 5 CO 50,601   493,657 19,321 203,803 270,533   475,950 268,111 9,406
Lewisville Independent School District TX 49,636   495,986 21,186 136,820 337,980   555,564 256,476 11,193
Cleveland Municipal OH 52,954   922,544 127,424 546,741 248,379   871,978 485,580 16,467
Howard County Public Schools MD 49,542   805,247 20,014 234,350 550,883   789,781 435,252 15,942
                       
Clayton County GA 52,717   567,961 55,651 264,392 247,918   542,904 295,736 10,298
Atlanta Public Schools GA 49,991   869,896 88,718 162,938 618,240   772,858 358,279 15,460
Henrico County Public Schools VA 48,620   474,941 25,736 220,878 228,327   515,742 254,866 10,608
Anchorage School District AK 48,857   650,738 61,866 394,410 194,462   693,415 363,382 14,193
Brownsville Independent School District TX 48,837   473,510 78,215 322,296 72,999   478,942 253,632 9,807
                       
Garden Grove Unified CA 48,669   468,369 41,967 321,929 104,473   470,004 293,891 9,657
Sacramento City Unified CA 48,446   545,693 78,196 345,913 121,584   559,994 290,622 11,559
Omaha Public Schools NE 47,763   545,674 88,496 195,808 261,370   474,577 264,224 9,936
Conroe Independent School District TX 46,524   409,899 24,562 160,405 224,932   486,216 202,284 10,451
Shelby County School District TN 46,918   367,604 20,894 167,253 179,457   409,334 225,027 8,724
† Not applicable.
1 The student membership obtained from the CCD fiscal district data collection varies slightly from the student membership obtained from the CCD nonfiscal data collection.
2 Total current expenditures for elementary and secondary education. Excludes capital outlays, interest on debt, payments to private schools, and payments to public charter schools.
3 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.
4 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 2008, Version 1a, and "National Public Education Financial Survey," (NPEFS), 2007–08, Version 1a.

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