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Table 6.  Current expenditures and percentage distribution of current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2011
 
Current instruction expenditures1 [in thousands of dollars] Percentage distribution
State or jurisdiction Total   Instruction and instruction‑
related2
  Student support services3   Administration4   Operations5   Instruction and instruction‑
related2
Student support services3 Administration4 Operations5
United States6  $527,166,106 $347,366,608 $29,345,585 $56,271,015 $94,182,897 65.9 5.6 10.7 17.9
 
Alabama  6,592,925 4,144,140 382,417 697,381 1,368,987 62.9 5.8 10.6 20.8
Alaska  2,201,270 1,372,728 180,052 246,601 401,888 62.4 8.2 11.2 18.3
Arizona  8,340,211 4,702,191 1,087,247 850,455 1,700,317 56.4 13.0 10.2 20.4
Arkansas  4,578,136 3,007,670 233,099 469,976 867,392 65.7 5.1 10.3 18.9
California  57,526,835 38,179,602 3,004,958 6,830,236 9,512,039 66.4 5.2 11.9 16.5
 
Colorado  7,409,462 4,671,285 361,218 1,173,925 1,203,034 63.0 4.9 15.8 16.2
Connecticut  9,094,036 6,050,126 555,702 901,670 1,586,538 66.5 6.1 9.9 17.4
Delaware  1,613,304 1,039,533 75,881 184,242 313,648 64.4 4.7 11.4 19.4
District of Columbia7  1,482,202 869,415 86,134 204,013 322,640 58.7 5.8 13.8 21.8
Florida  23,870,090 16,107,806 1,066,264 2,198,973 4,497,048 67.5 4.5 9.2 18.8
 
Georgia  15,527,907 10,446,015 733,717 1,683,579 2,664,595 67.3 4.7 10.8 17.2
Hawaii7  2,141,561 1,314,131 201,020 192,772 433,638 61.4 9.4 9.0 20.2
Idaho  1,881,746 1,223,368 106,724 192,395 359,259 65.0 5.7 10.2 19.1
Illinois  24,554,467 15,749,772 1,658,199 3,036,509 4,109,987 64.1 6.8 12.4 16.7
Indiana  9,687,949 6,070,134 456,293 1,051,068 2,110,454 62.7 4.7 10.8 21.8
 
Iowa  4,855,871 3,225,620 273,995 545,403 810,852 66.4 5.6 11.2 16.7
Kansas  4,741,372 3,075,990 275,382 539,000 851,001 64.9 5.8 11.4 17.9
Kentucky  6,211,453 3,979,356 279,805 627,356 1,324,937 64.1 4.5 10.1 21.3
Louisiana  7,522,098 4,790,410 369,620 827,621 1,534,447 63.7 4.9 11.0 20.4
Maine  2,377,878 1,566,401 155,421 232,588 423,468 65.9 6.5 9.8 17.8
 
Maryland  12,035,719 8,093,141 528,145 1,269,829 2,144,604 67.2 4.4 10.6 17.8
Massachusetts  13,649,965 9,479,401 953,027 1,055,474 2,162,063 69.4 7.0 7.7 15.8
Michigan  16,786,444 10,562,665 1,269,121 2,097,332 2,857,326 62.9 7.6 12.5 17.0
Minnesota  8,944,867 6,265,914 236,405 890,258 1,552,290 70.1 2.6 10.0 17.4
Mississippi  3,887,981 2,445,680 187,586 427,218 827,497 62.9 4.8 11.0 21.3
 
Missouri  8,691,887 5,597,160 406,335 979,365 1,709,026 64.4 4.7 11.3 19.7
Montana  1,518,818 966,744 93,752 160,942 297,380 63.7 6.2 10.6 19.6
Nebraska  3,298,536 2,286,554 119,384 295,048 597,550 69.3 3.6 8.9 18.1
Nevada  3,676,997 2,384,767 187,908 442,503 661,819 64.9 5.1 12.0 18.0
New Hampshire  2,637,911 1,793,766 190,003 254,013 400,128 68.0 7.2 9.6 15.2
 
New Jersey  23,639,281 14,941,621 2,290,750 2,120,190 4,286,720 63.2 9.7 9.0 18.1
New Mexico  3,127,463 1,881,291 325,026 352,625 568,521 60.2 10.4 11.3 18.2
New York  51,509,285 37,322,510 1,708,221 4,199,169 8,279,385 72.5 3.3 8.2 16.1
North Carolina  12,322,555 8,153,672 581,125 1,338,525 2,249,233 66.2 4.7 10.9 18.3
North Dakota  1,049,772 643,105 47,023 127,321 232,323 61.3 4.5 12.1 22.1
 
Ohio  19,988,921 12,708,443 1,268,590 2,620,729 3,391,159 63.6 6.3 13.1 17.0
Oklahoma  5,036,031 3,067,566 341,623 586,138 1,040,704 60.9 6.8 11.6 20.7
Oregon  5,430,888 3,384,393 387,583 763,461 895,451 62.3 7.1 14.1 16.5
Pennsylvania  23,485,203 15,249,185 1,215,179 2,615,308 4,405,531 64.9 5.2 11.1 18.8
Rhode Island  2,149,366 1,402,932 225,594 208,416 312,423 65.3 10.5 9.7 14.5
 
South Carolina  6,461,884 4,085,004 474,538 662,745 1,239,598 63.2 7.3 10.3 19.2
South Dakota  1,126,503 713,125 62,504 131,201 219,673 63.3 5.5 11.6 19.5
Tennessee  8,377,599 5,837,140 342,363 781,982 1,416,115 69.7 4.1 9.3 16.9
Texas  42,864,291 27,943,247 2,081,440 4,619,275 8,220,330 65.2 4.9 10.8 19.2
Utah  3,704,133 2,529,923 143,615 362,564 668,031 68.3 3.9 9.8 18.0
 
Vermont  1,424,507 939,789 111,637 160,568 212,514 66.0 7.8 11.3 14.9
Virginia  12,968,457 8,723,528 627,158 1,154,651 2,463,120 67.3 4.8 8.9 19.0
Washington  10,040,312 6,469,910 671,779 1,137,457 1,761,167 64.4 6.7 11.3 17.5
West Virginia  3,388,294 2,163,558 153,000 305,212 766,523 63.9 4.5 9.0 22.6
Wisconsin  10,333,016 6,826,970 490,843 1,309,372 1,705,830 66.1 4.8 12.7 16.5
Wyoming  1,398,444   918,209   81,181   156,360   242,694   65.7 5.8 11.2 17.4
Other jurisdictions 
American Samoa  75,355 40,753 535 8,602 25,464 54.1 0.7 11.4 33.8
Guam  266,952 154,611 27,736 29,736 54,869 57.9 10.4 11.1 20.6
Commonwealth of
   the Northern
   Mariana Islands 
84,657 40,862 11,416 13,244 19,134 48.3 13.5 15.6 22.6
Puerto Rico  3,519,547 1,749,311 235,775 780,294 754,168 49.7 6.7 22.2 21.4
U.S. Virgin Islands  212,112   113,983   15,828   40,764   41,537   53.7 7.5 19.2 19.6
1 Current expenditures include instruction, instruction-related support services, and other elementary/secondary current expenditures, but exclude expenditures on capital outlay, other programs, and interest on long-term debt.
2 Instruction and instruction-related expenditures include current expenditures for classroom instruction (including teachers and teaching assistants), libraries, in-service teacher training, curriculum development, student assessment, and instruction technology.
3 Student support services include attendance and social work, guidance, health, psychological services, speech pathology, audiology, and other student support services.
4 Administration expenditures include general administration, school administration, and other support services.
5 Operations expenditures include operations and maintenance, student transportation, food services, and enterprise operations.
6 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
7 Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items, and/or to distribute state direct support expenditures.
NOTE: 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 (NPEFS)," fiscal year 2011, preliminary Version 1a.