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Public Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics: School year 1996-97 / Table 5

Table 5. Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: Fiscal years 1993 to 1997 (School years 1992-93 to 1996-97)

                                              (In thousands of dollars)
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                            Reported        Reported        Reported      Estimated        Estimated
State                        FY 93           FY 94           FY 95          FY 96            FY 97
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  United States         $220,659,135    $231,323,004    $243,656,906   $258,922,087 /a/ $274,065,348 /a/
Alabama                    2,610,514       2,809,713       3,026,287      3,169,728        3,459,903
Alaska                       967,765       1,002,515       1,020,675      1,051,296        1,082,834
Arizona                    2,754,856       2,913,217       3,144,540      3,331,835 /a/    3,549,233 /a/
Arkansas                   1,706,229       1,783,365       1,873,595      1,496,991        1,541,900
California                24,219,792      25,140,639      25,949,033     27,521,544       30,273,699
Colorado                   2,919,916       2,954,793       3,232,976      3,315,190        3,593,903 /a/
Connecticut                3,629,009       3,893,930       4,190,717      4,321,000        4,471,000
Delaware                     590,234         644,554         694,473        748,655 /b/      783,317 /a/
District of Columbia         672,790         715,784         667,033        695,279 /a/      728,611 /a/
Florida                    9,661,012      10,331,896      11,019,735     11,469,259       12,019,783
Georgia                    5,273,143       5,643,843       6,136,689      7,781,018 /b/    8,247,879
Hawaii                       946,074         998,143       1,028,729        960,400          982,000
Idaho                        804,231         859,088         951,350      1,042,161        1,090,031
Illinois                   9,942,737      10,076,889      10,640,279     12,181,620       12,547,068
Indiana                    4,797,946       5,064,685       5,243,761      5,559,000        5,837,000
Iowa                       2,459,141       2,527,434       2,622,510      2,743,145        2,873,445
Kansas                     2,224,080       2,325,247       2,406,580      2,492,762        2,567,544
Kentucky                   2,823,134       2,952,119       2,988,892      3,460,737        3,557,638
Louisiana                  3,157,695       3,265,081       3,426,901      3,461,971 /b/    3,531,211
Maine                      1,217,421       1,208,411       1,281,706      1,271,792        1,322,663
Maryland                   4,556,266       4,783,023       5,083,380      4,926,216        5,323,364
Massachusetts              5,281,067       5,637,337       6,062,303      6,522,008 /a/    7,054,231 /a/
Michigan                   9,532,994       9,816,830      10,440,206     10,735,664       11,039,483
Minnesota                  4,135,284       4,328,093       4,622,930      4,857,100        4,975,400
Mississippi                1,600,752       1,725,386       1,921,480      1,998,743 /b/    2,098,680
Missouri                   3,710,426       3,981,614       4,275,217      4,172,801        4,405,644
Montana                      785,159         822,015         844,257        861,142          878,365
Nebraska                   1,430,039       1,513,971       1,594,928      1,658,725        1,749,955
Nevada                     1,035,623       1,099,685       1,186,132      1,286,767        1,415,231
New Hampshire                972,963       1,007,129       1,053,966      1,184,025        1,251,854
New Jersey                 9,920,984      10,449,969      10,776,982     11,548,068 /a/   12,440,741 /a/
New Mexico                 1,240,352       1,323,459       1,443,789      1,823,809 /b/    2,125,111
New York                  20,898,267      22,059,949      22,989,629     23,748,287       24,531,980
North Carolina             4,866,012       5,085,921       5,440,426      5,845,439        6,169,266
North Dakota                 511,095         522,377         532,398        561,849 /b/      578,704
Ohio                       9,173,393       9,612,678      10,030,956     10,396,689       11,000,000
Oklahoma                   2,442,320       2,680,113       2,763,721      2,951,191 /b/    3,039,727
Oregon                     2,849,009       2,852,723       2,948,539      3,028,000        3,247,000
Pennsylvania              10,944,392      11,236,417      11,587,027     12,300,000       13,020,000
Rhode Island                 934,815         990,094       1,017,554      1,071,151 /b/    1,103,286
South Carolina             2,690,009       2,790,878       2,920,230      2,920,230        3,173,705
South Dakota                 553,005         584,894         612,825        624,379          665,026
Tennessee                  3,139,223       3,305,579       3,540,682      4,264,551 /b/    4,570,746
Texas                     15,121,655      16,193,722      17,572,269     19,658,698       20,944,470
Utah                       1,376,319       1,511,205       1,618,047      1,739,255 /b/    1,833,122 /b/
Vermont                      616,212         643,828         665,559        706,280 /a/      753,516 /a/
Virginia                   5,157,334       5,366,345       5,667,843      6,062,752 /a/    6,672,808
Washington                 4,677,604       4,893,860       5,139,205      5,613,481 /b/    5,790,558 /b/
West Virginia              1,626,005       1,663,868       1,758,557      1,763,439        1,825,159
Wisconsin                  4,954,900       5,170,343       5,422,264      5,435,968        5,732,554
Wyoming                      547,938         558,353         577,144        580,000          595,000
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  Outlying Areas
American Samoa                23,636          25,161          28,643         30,372 /a/       32,377 /a/
Guam                         161,477         164,187         161,434        173,721 /a/      187,947 /a/
Northern Marianas             38,784          39,675          45,008         42,499 /b/       50,953 /b/
Puerto Rico                1,295,452       1,420,580       1,501,485      1,646,313 /b/    1,658,302
Virgin Islands               120,510         120,617         122,094        135,291          140,299
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a/ Data estimated by NCES based on previous year's data.
b/ Actual preliminary count by state.

NOTE: Data labeled "reported" may differ from data reported in other NCES publications. All FY 96 and FY 97 data are state estimates, except where noted. Estimates are as of March 1997.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data.


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