Table 236.60.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by function and subfunction: Selected years, 1990-91 through 2010-11

Function and subfunction	Expenditures per pupil in current dollars										Expenditures per pupil in constant 2012-13 dollars1
	1990-91		1995-96	1999-2000	2000-01	2005-06	2007-08	2008-09	2009-102	2010-11	1990-91		1995-96	1999-2000	2000-01	2005-06	2007-08	2008-09	2009-102	2010-11
1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Total expenditures	$5,484		$6,441	$8,030	$8,572	$10,603	$11,965	$12,222	$12,133	$12,048	$9,473		$9,645	$10,973	$11,326	$12,328	$13,075	$13,173	$12,951	$12,608
Current expenditures for      public schools	4,902		5,689	6,912	7,380	9,145	10,298	10,540	10,636	10,658	8,468		8,519	9,446	9,751	10,632	11,254	11,359	11,353	11,153
Salaries	3,220	3	3,698	4,485	4,752	5,561	6,177	6,348	6,366	6,295	5,563	3	5,537	6,129	6,279	6,466	6,750	6,842	6,795	6,587
Employee benefits	824	3	999	1,138	1,228	1,790	2,093	2,146	2,199	2,256	1,423	3	1,496	1,555	1,623	2,081	2,287	2,313	2,347	2,361
Purchased services	397	3	481	620	673	880	1,000	1,030	1,053	1,083	687	3	721	847	890	1,023	1,093	1,110	1,124	1,133
Tuition	29	3	35	48	52	78	93	91	96	101	50	3	53	65	69	91	102	98	103	106
Supplies	359	3	418	553	599	746	840	825	818	820	621	3	626	755	791	867	918	889	873	858
Other	72	3	58	69	76	90	96	99	104	103	125	3	86	94	100	105	105	107	111	108
Instruction	2,965		3,512	4,268	4,541	5,574	6,262	6,420	6,511	6,520	5,123		5,259	5,832	6,000	6,481	6,844	6,919	6,950	6,823
Salaries	2,202		2,555	3,096	3,273	3,806	4,199	4,325	4,347	4,303	3,803		3,826	4,231	4,325	4,424	4,589	4,662	4,640	4,503
Employee benefits	542		676	773	837	1,202	1,407	1,443	1,481	1,521	937		1,012	1,056	1,106	1,397	1,538	1,555	1,581	1,591
Purchased services	66		85	125	136	205	249	260	281	297	114		128	170	180	239	272	280	300	311
Tuition	29		35	48	52	78	93	91	96	101	50		53	65	69	91	102	98	103	106
Supplies	111		145	208	220	259	287	273	277	268	192		218	284	290	301	314	294	296	281
Textbooks	—		—	—	—	52	55	60	52	47	—		—	—	—	60	60	64	55	49
Other	15		15	19	22	24	27	28	29	30	27		22	26	29	28	29	30	31	31
Student support4	217		274	342	366	475	559	580	591	593	374		410	468	484	552	610	625	630	621
Salaries	159		198	245	262	322	372	388	393	391	275		297	335	346	375	407	418	420	409
Employee benefits	40		51	61	64	99	120	125	128	132	70		77	83	85	115	131	135	137	138
Purchased services	11		15	25	28	40	48	49	50	52	19		23	34	37	46	53	53	54	55
Supplies	5		6	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	8		8	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Other	1		3	3	3	4	7	7	7	7	2		5	4	4	4	7	7	8	8
Instructional staff
services5	205		225	312	337	446	515	508	509	503	355		336	427	446	519	563	548	543	526
Salaries	135		143	191	207	265	309	304	301	293	233		214	262	274	308	338	328	321	306
Employee benefits	34		38	46	50	79	95	96	98	100	59		57	63	66	92	104	104	105	104
Purchased services	15		21	38	42	60	67	66	69	70	26		31	52	56	70	73	71	73	73
Supplies	19		20	32	33	38	40	37	37	37	33		31	43	44	44	43	40	40	38
Other	2		2	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4		3	7	6	5	5	5	5	5
General administration	141		131	143	151	182	200	207	211	212	243		196	195	199	211	219	223	225	222
Salaries	63		65	68	71	79	87	90	90	89	109		97	93	94	91	95	97	96	93
Employee benefits	19		18	20	21	30	34	35	37	38	33		28	27	28	35	37	38	39	39
Purchased services	36		36	41	44	56	60	64	64	65	62		54	57	59	65	66	69	68	68
Supplies	4		4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7		6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Other	18		8	9	10	13	14	13	16	16	32		11	13	13	15	15	14	17	16
School administration	284		331	392	415	515	576	581	579	578	490		495	536	548	598	629	626	618	605
Salaries	217		249	297	314	370	410	417	413	408	375		373	406	415	430	448	449	440	427
Employee benefits	55		66	74	78	114	133	134	136	140	95		99	101	103	133	146	144	145	147
Purchased services	6		9	12	13	18	20	19	19	19	10		13	17	17	20	22	20	20	20
Supplies	5		6	7	8	10	10	9	9	9	8		9	10	10	11	11	9	9	9
Other	2		2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3		2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Operation and maintenance	517		574	666	721	902	1,003	1,027	1,014	1,015	892		859	910	953	1,049	1,096	1,107	1,082	1,062
Salaries	215		233	272	285	326	359	367	364	356	371		349	372	377	379	392	395	389	372
Employee benefits	64		70	75	80	119	136	140	143	145	110		105	103	106	138	149	151	152	152
Purchased services	139		172	189	204	243	265	267	265	270	240		257	259	270	282	290	288	283	282
Supplies	91		94	124	146	207	234	245	233	235	158		141	169	192	240	256	264	248	246
Other	8		5	5	6	8	9	9	9	9	14		8	7	8	9	10	10	10	10
Student transportation	211		232	278	298	384	438	440	442	452	364		347	379	393	446	478	475	472	473
Salaries	80		88	108	115	136	153	154	155	153	138		131	148	151	159	167	166	165	160
Employee benefits	22		27	31	34	52	58	60	62	63	37		40	43	45	60	64	64	66	66
Purchased services	81		95	114	122	154	174	183	182	185	140		142	155	161	179	190	197	194	194
Supplies	23		19	22	25	38	49	40	40	47	40		28	30	32	44	54	43	43	49
Other	5		4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	8		5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4
Other support services6	136		157	217	242	294	331	349	348	347	234		235	297	320	342	362	376	372	363
Salaries	70		77	105	117	134	153	164	165	164	122		115	144	155	156	167	177	177	172
Employee benefits	24		26	31	34	51	61	64	64	65	41		39	42	45	59	66	69	68	68
Purchased services	19		30	53	59	70	77	80	79	78	33		46	72	78	82	84	86	85	82
Supplies	7		9	12	13	16	20	18	17	18	12		13	17	18	19	22	19	18	19
Other	15		14	17	19	23	21	23	23	21	26		22	23	26	27	23	25	24	22
Food services	205		237	276	293	352	390	402	405	412	353		356	378	387	409	426	433	433	431
Salaries	—		86	98	105	119	129	132	131	131	—		128	134	139	138	141	142	140	137
Employee benefits	—		25	27	29	42	46	48	49	50	—		37	37	39	49	50	51	52	53
Purchased services	—		14	19	20	30	35	37	39	42	—		21	26	26	35	38	40	42	44
Supplies	—		110	129	136	157	177	181	181	184	—		164	176	180	183	194	195	194	193
Other	—		3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	—		5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Enterprise operations7	23		17	17	16	21	24	26	25	25	40		26	24	22	24	26	28	27	27
Salaries	—		4	4	3	4	6	7	7	7	—		6	5	3	5	7	7	7	7
Employee benefits	—		1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	—		1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Purchased services	—		4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	—		6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5
Supplies	—		6	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	—		9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Other	—		2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	—		3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4
Capital outlay8	477		612	923	976	1,166	1,348	1,336	1,148	1,028	824		917	1,261	1,290	1,356	1,473	1,440	1,225	1,076
Interest on school debt	105		140	195	215	292	319	346	349	363	181		209	266	285	340	348	373	373	379

—Not available.

1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.

2 Data have been revised from previously published figures.

3 Includes estimated data for subfunctions of food services and enterprise operations.

4 Includes expenditures for guidance, health, attendance, and speech pathology services.

5 Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.

6 Includes business support services concerned with paying, transporting, exchanging, and maintaining goods and services for local education agencies; central support services, including planning, research, evaluation, information, staff, and data processing services; and other support services.

7 Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time). Includes very small amounts for direct program support made by state education agencies for local school districts.

8 Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.

NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. 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," 1990-91 through 2010-11. (This table was prepared July 2013.)