Table 2. Median expenditures per pupil and median payments per pupil to other districts, private schools, and charter schools for elementary and secondary regular school districts, by type of expenditure, state, and independent charter school districts: Fiscal year 2008
State (excluding independent charter school districts) | Median expenditures per pupil | Median payments per pupil to other districts, private schools, and charter schools | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current expenditures | Other programs4 and payments to state and local governments | |||||||
Total1 | Total current2 | Instruction and instruction-related | Capital outlay3 | Interest on long- term debt | ||||
United States | $10,889 | $9,509 | $6,100 | $495 | $22 | $169 | $106 | |
Alabama | 10,110 | 9,040 | 5,604 | 529 | 157 | 134 | 12 | |
Alaska | 25,033 | 21,730 | 13,113 | 877 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Arizona | 10,369 | 8,641 | 4,785 | 864 | 0 | 94 | 0 | |
Arkansas | 9,215 | 8,119 | 5,365 | 497 | 2 | 202 | 13 | |
California | 10,421 | 9,015 | 5,942 | 645 | 22 | 122 | 65 | |
Colorado | 10,700 | 8,953 | 5,558 | 799 | 35 | 219 | 83 | |
Connecticut | 14,404 | 13,345 | 8,558 | 311 | 19 | 207 | 505 | |
Delaware | 13,719 | 11,619 | 7,196 | 2,047 | 7 | 140 | 388 | |
District of Columbia5 | 18,313 | 14,594 | 7,742 | 3,485 | 235 | 0 | 2,734 | |
Florida | 10,837 | 8,925 | 5,742 | 1,501 | 115 | 109 | 0 | |
Georgia | 11,089 | 9,598 | 6,585 | 1,053 | 0 | 83 | 8 | |
Hawaii5 | 12,465 | 11,800 | 7,556 | 525 | 140 | 0 | 0 | |
Idaho | 8,209 | 7,782 | 4,919 | 264 | 0 | 136 | 0 | |
Illinois | 9,762 | 8,729 | 5,490 | 416 | 2 | 182 | 350 | |
Indiana | 9,342 | 8,322 | 5,171 | 728 | 15 | 139 | 264 | |
Iowa | 9,741 | 8,529 | 5,742 | 736 | 0 | 136 | 492 | |
Kansas | 11,241 | 10,253 | 6,694 | 728 | 0 | 117 | 10 | |
Kentucky | 10,015 | 8,580 | 5,535 | 686 | 107 | 214 | 0 | |
Louisiana | 10,388 | 9,482 | 6,161 | 432 | 22 | 105 | 1 | |
Maine | 12,387 | 11,878 | 7,320 | 159 | 27 | 49 | 438 | |
Maryland | 13,942 | 12,036 | 7,954 | 1,564 | 34 | 115 | 116 | |
Massachusetts | 13,180 | 12,419 | 8,422 | 169 | 0 | 292 | 989 | |
Michigan | 9,533 | 8,545 | 5,523 | 244 | 66 | 379 | 28 | |
Minnesota | 10,826 | 9,105 | 6,124 | 662 | 369 | 284 | 233 | |
Mississippi | 8,678 | 8,112 | 5,112 | 380 | 13 | 85 | 0 | |
Missouri | 9,725 | 8,450 | 5,521 | 519 | 99 | 119 | 72 | |
Montana | 11,904 | 10,938 | 7,012 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
Nebraska | 11,531 | 10,194 | 6,967 | 722 | 0 | 60 | 8 | |
Nevada | 11,857 | 10,091 | 6,235 | 591 | 49 | 263 | 0 | |
New Hampshire | 13,532 | 12,727 | 8,202 | 304 | 0 | 152 | 727 | |
New Jersey | 16,230 | 15,117 | 9,400 | 361 | 49 | 263 | 718 | |
New Mexico | 13,733 | 11,408 | 6,693 | 1,401 | 0 | 133 | 2 | |
New York | 18,005 | 16,183 | 11,045 | 744 | 59 | 401 | 195 | |
North Carolina | 9,682 | 8,415 | 5,442 | 671 | 16 | 193 | 13 | |
North Dakota | 11,258 | 10,344 | 6,107 | 612 | 0 | 0 | 543 | |
Ohio | 9,420 | 8,497 | 5,380 | 352 | 122 | 138 | 137 | |
Oklahoma | 8,586 | 8,023 | 4,784 | 235 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Oregon | 10,712 | 9,488 | 5,883 | 212 | 3 | 208 | 33 | |
Pennsylvania | 11,814 | 10,229 | 6,596 | 367 | 38 | 464 | 776 | |
Rhode Island | 14,439 | 13,896 | 8,781 | 122 | 128 | 180 | 786 | |
South Carolina | 11,045 | 9,112 | 5,772 | 861 | 61 | 268 | 15 | |
South Dakota | 9,658 | 8,806 | 5,516 | 492 | 0 | 108 | 22 | |
Tennessee | 8,002 | 7,221 | 5,052 | 329 | 78 | 152 | 0 | |
Texas | 10,995 | 8,961 | 5,702 | 783 | 11 | 264 | 56 | |
Utah | 9,279 | 6,434 | 4,400 | 1,449 | 195 | 152 | 0 | |
Vermont | 13,354 | 12,870 | 8,504 | 218 | 0 | 63 | 8,138 | |
Virginia | 10,739 | 9,686 | 6,414 | 558 | 9 | 163 | 104 | |
Washington | 10,809 | 9,205 | 5,815 | 468 | 3 | 184 | 6 | |
West Virginia | 10,771 | 9,860 | 6,225 | 314 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
Wisconsin | 11,418 | 10,339 | 6,730 | 295 | 205 | 274 | 267 | |
Wyoming | 19,351 | 14,857 | 9,528 | 2,904 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
Independent charter school districts6 | 8,730 | 8,173 | 4,490 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 Total expenditures do not include 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, 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 and 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 $10,110. 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; 92.8 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; 98.5 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 2008, Version 1a. |