Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 to 2001-02

Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005

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Table 157.

Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 to 2001-02

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Purpose of expenditures       |  1919-20 |  1929-30 |  1939-40 |  1949-50 |   1959-60 |   1969-70 |   1979-80 |       1989-90 |     1999-2000 |    2000-01\1\ |       2001-02
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1                             |        2 |        3 |        4 |        5 |         6 |         7 |         8 |             9 |             10|             11|             12
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                              |                                                             Amounts in thousands of dollars
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     Total expenditures ......|$1,036,151|$2,316,790|$2,344,049|$5,837,643|$15,613,255|$40,683,429|$95,961,561|   $212,769,564|   $381,838,155|   $410,811,185|   $435,364,404
                              |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________
Current expenditures for      |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |               |               |               |
   public elementary and      |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |               |               |               |
   secondary education .......|   861,120| 1,843,552| 1,941,799| 4,687,274| 12,329,389| 34,217,773| 86,984,142|    188,229,359|    323,888,508|    348,360,841|    368,378,007
  Administration .............|    36,752|    78,680|    91,571|   220,050|    528,408|  1,606,646|  4,263,757|\2\  16,346,991|\2\  25,079,298|\2\  26,689,182|\2\  28,309,047
  Instruction ................|   632,556| 1,317,727| 1,403,285| 3,112,340|  8,350,738| 23,270,158| 53,257,937|\2\ 113,550,405|\2\ 199,968,138|\2\ 214,333,003|\2\ 226,668,386
  Plant operation ............|   115,707|   216,072|   194,365|   427,587|  1,085,036|  2,537,257|  9,744,785|\2\  20,261,415|\2\  31,190,295|\2\  34,034,158|\2\  34,829,109
  Plant maintenance ..........|    30,432|    78,810|    73,321|   214,164|    422,586|    974,941|     (\3\) |         (\3\) |         (\3\) |         (\3\) |         (\3\)
  Fixed charges ..............|     9,286|    50,270|    50,116|   261,469|    909,323|  3,266,920| 11,793,934|           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
  Other school services\4\ ...|    36,387|   101,993|   129,141|   451,663|  1,033,297|  2,561,856|  7,923,729|\2\  38,070,548|\2\  67,650,776|\2\  73,304,498|\2\  78,571,464
Other current expenditures ...|     3,277|     9,825|    13,367|    35,614|    132,566|    635,803|    597,585|      2,982,543|      5,457,015|      6,063,700|      6,530,554
  Summer schools .............|    (\5\) |    (\5\) |    (\5\) |    (\5\) |     13,263|    106,481|     24,753|           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
  Adult education\5\ .........|     3,277|     9,825|    13,367|    35,614|     26,858|    128,778|       --- |           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
  Community colleges .........|    (\5\) |    (\5\) |    (\5\) |    (\5\) |     34,492|    138,813|       --- |           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
  Community services .........|    (\4\) |    (\4\) |    (\4\) |    (\4\) |     57,953|    261,731|    572,832|           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
Capital outlay\6\ ............|   153,543|   370,878|   257,974| 1,014,176|  2,661,786|  4,659,072|  6,506,167|     17,781,342|     43,357,186|     46,220,704|     49,960,542
Interest on school debt ......|    18,212|    92,536|   130,909|   100,578|    489,514|  1,170,782|  1,873,666|      3,776,321|      9,135,445|     10,165,940|     10,495,301
                              |==========|==========|==========|==========|===========|===========|===========|===============|===============|===============|===============
                              |                                                                Percentage distribution
                              |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     Total expenditures ......|     100.0|     100.0|     100.0|     100.0|      100.0|      100.0|      100.0|          100.0|          100.0|          100.0|          100.0
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Current expenditures for      |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |               |               |               |
   public elementary and      |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |               |               |               |
   secondary education .......|      83.1|      79.6|      82.8|      80.3|       79.0|       84.1|       90.6|           88.5|           84.8|           84.8|           84.6
  Administration .............|       3.5|       3.4|       3.9|       3.8|        3.4|        3.9|        4.4|\2\         7.7|\2\         6.6|\2\         6.5|\2\         6.5
  Instruction ................|      61.0|      56.9|      59.9|      53.3|       53.5|       57.2|       55.5|\2\        53.4|\2\        52.4|\2\        52.2|\2\        52.1
  Plant operation ............|      11.2|       9.3|       8.3|       7.3|        6.9|        6.2|       10.2|\2\         9.5|\2\         8.2|\2\         8.3|\2\         8.0
  Plant maintenance ..........|       2.9|       3.4|       3.1|       3.7|        2.7|        2.4|     (\3\) |         (\3\) |         (\3\) |         (\3\) |         (\3\)
  Fixed charges ..............|       0.9|       2.2|       2.1|       4.5|        5.8|        8.0|       12.3|           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
  Other school services\4\ ...|       3.5|       4.4|       5.5|       7.7|        6.6|        6.3|        8.3|           17.9|           17.7|           17.8|           18.0
Other current expenditures ...|       0.3|       0.4|       0.6|       0.6|        0.8|        1.6|        0.6|            1.4|            1.4|            1.5|            1.5
  Summer schools .............|    (\5\) |    (\5\) |    (\5\) |    (\5\) |        0.1|        0.3|         # |           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
  Adult education\5\ .........|       0.3|       0.4|       0.6|       0.6|        0.2|        0.3|       --- |           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
  Community colleges .........|    (\5\) |    (\5\) |    (\5\) |    (\5\) |        0.2|        0.3|       --- |           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
  Community services .........|    (\4\) |    (\4\) |    (\4\) |    (\4\) |        0.4|        0.6|        0.6|           --- |           --- |           --- |           ---
Capital outlay\6\ ............|      14.8|      16.0|      11.0|      17.4|       17.0|       11.5|        6.8|            8.4|           11.4|           11.3|           11.5
Interest on school debt ......|       1.8|       4.0|       5.6|       1.7|        3.1|        2.9|        2.0|            1.8|            2.4|            2.5|            2.4
______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________

---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Data are revised from previously published figures.
\2\Data not comparable to figures prior to 1989-90.
\3\Plant operation also includes plant maintenance.
\4\Prior to 1959-60, items included under "other school services" were listed under "auxiliary services," a more comprehensive classification that also included community services.
\5\Prior to 1959-60, data shown for adult education represent combined expenditures for adult education, summer schools, and community colleges.
\6\Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local school housing authorities.

NOTE: Beginning in 1959-60, includes Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning in 1989-90, state administration expenditures were excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Beginning in 1989-90, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60 and 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared April 2005.)

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