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Digest of Education Statistics: 2010
Digest of Education Statistics: 2010

NCES 2011-015
April 2011


Table 191. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2007-08
State or jurisdiction Current expenditures, capital expenditures, and interest on school debt
Total1 Current expenditures Capital out-
lay2
In-terest on school debt
Total Instruc-
tion
Student services Food ser-
vices
Enter-
prise opera-
tions3
Total Student sup-
port4
Instruc-
tional staff5
General admini-
stration
School admini-
stration
Operation and main-
tenance
Student transpor-
tation
Other support services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
United States $11,950 $10,297 $6,262 $3,621 $556 $515 $202 $576 $1,003 $438 $331 $390 $24 $1,336 $319
Alabama 10,481 9,197 5,396 3,201 498 442 234 566 827 455 181 600 0 1,102 182
Alaska 17,299 14,641 8,528 5,672 1,053 767 217 891 1,795 444 505 381 60 2,348 311
Arizona 9,641 7,727 4,369 2,975 829 202 117 368 851 299 309 343 41 1,484 430
Arkansas 9,966 8,677 5,065 3,124 426 665 218 458 804 332 222 478 9 1,059 231
California 11,458 9,706 5,824 3,515 483 674 90 643 983 235 408 346 20 1,472 280
                               
Colorado 11,061 9,152 5,299 3,520 428 495 175 644 878 280 620 284 49 1,452 458
Connecticut 16,530 14,610 9,166 4,952 888 463 308 832 1,408 713 341 366 126 1,641 280
Delaware 14,481 12,153 7,317 4,330 623 157 151 691 1,250 793 665 506 0 2,041 287
District of Columbia 20,066 16,353 8,776 6,827 930 884 454 773 1,723 1,121 942 751 0 3,714 0
Florida 11,626 9,084 5,473 3,219 415 609 83 513 973 381 244 392 0 2,240 308
                               
Georgia 11,498 9,718 6,140 3,085 451 496 126 569 690 402 350 464 28 1,642 139
Hawaii 12,877 11,800 7,125 4,130 1,331 431 97 728 871 295 377 545 0 532 548
Idaho 8,525 6,951 4,238 2,376 396 286 157 392 656 339 150 336 1 1,349 225
Illinois 11,874 10,353 6,086 3,940 673 482 333 531 1,035 518 367 327 0 1,212 310
Indiana 10,040 8,867 4,819 3,689 371 938 163 464 963 501 289 359 0 953 222
                               
Iowa 11,126 9,520 5,763 3,314 545 430 255 562 865 353 305 431 12 1,433 175
Kansas 11,009 9,883 5,941 3,495 561 467 304 567 944 399 253 447 0 794 333
Kentucky 10,076 8,740 5,181 3,041 377 475 190 479 806 517 197 500 18 1,121 219
Louisiana 11,329 10,006 5,891 3,570 437 517 245 540 995 563 273 545 0 1,174 151
Maine 12,696 11,761 7,535 3,837 530 500 224 644 1,218 536 187 388 0 703 233
                               
Maryland 15,032 13,235 8,095 4,581 590 737 90 873 1,234 676 381 355 204 1,640 157
Massachusetts 14,240 13,667 8,891 4,389 764 630 243 571 1,237 588 356 386 0 295 279
Michigan 11,445 10,075 5,710 4,041 754 479 208 582 1,075 455 488 323 0 888 484
Minnesota 11,943 10,048 6,474 3,113 273 477 307 422 777 568 287 428 33 1,389 510
Mississippi 8,587 7,890 4,647 2,776 367 368 232 451 819 371 167 466 1 556 142
                               
Missouri 11,070 9,532 5,718 3,390 448 442 291 541 950 495 222 425 0 1,207 333
Montana 10,941 9,786 5,900 3,470 543 369 280 534 1,056 458 231 399 17 1,044 114
Nebraska 12,287 10,565 6,798 3,063 410 348 351 524 911 297 222 418 286 1,475 247
Nevada 10,377 8,187 4,866 3,024 383 421 173 571 870 342 264 297 0 1,618 573
New Hampshire 13,007 11,951 7,711 3,902 819 364 399 645 1,047 510 118 337 0 816 241
                               
New Jersey 18,971 17,620 10,471 6,642 1,666 577 404 1,186 1,794 924 90 356 151 1,096 255
New Mexico 10,798 9,291 5,345 3,562 957 309 206 553 944 330 263 379 5 1,507 0
New York 18,073 16,794 11,572 4,864 556 472 338 691 1,475 896 436 358 0 889 393
North Carolina 9,045 7,798 4,961 2,389 383 159 217 502 589 302 235 449 0 1,243 5
North Dakota 10,378 9,324 5,419 3,138 389 300 429 460 900 430 230 492 275 923 133
                               
Ohio 11,982 10,340 5,911 4,084 620 658 309 586 965 491 457 343 1 1,393 264
Oklahoma 8,372 7,683 4,432 2,742 516 277 227 415 844 258 205 438 71 612 78
Oregon 11,156 9,565 5,584 3,643 662 397 143 604 811 419 608 333 4 1,099 493
Pennsylvania 13,712 11,741 7,131 4,158 584 455 349 520 1,236 588 425 404 48 1,439 534
Rhode Island 14,897 14,459 8,726 5,375 1,711 721 206 695 1,231 539 274 358 0 194 244
                               
South Carolina 11,128 9,060 5,169 3,400 660 622 113 526 851 338 292 463 28 1,566 503
South Dakota 9,684 8,535 4,956 3,093 468 357 306 424 919 315 304 445 40 956 193
Tennessee 8,746 7,820 4,935 2,491 310 450 153 439 702 289 149 393 0 737 191
Texas 10,596 8,350 4,993 2,922 405 449 124 460 945 239 299 435 0 1,739 507
Utah 7,756 5,978 3,886 1,761 220 255 68 351 543 190 132 304 27 1,595 186
                               
Vermont 15,465 14,421 9,073 4,966 1,057 559 333 978 1,214 479 345 376 6 895 150
Virginia 12,030 10,664 6,502 3,774 510 712 170 629 1,029 555 170 386 1 1,242 124
Washington 11,200 9,058 5,392 3,237 594 408 173 528 824 372 337 306 122 1,748 395
West Virginia 10,341 10,059 5,957 3,526 367 408 237 537 1,058 752 168 575 0 255 30
Wisconsin 12,312 10,791 6,560 3,851 494 527 274 541 1,017 408 590 380 0 750 775
Wyoming 17,478 13,856 8,195 5,232 806 880 267 760 1,357 648 514 425 4 3,603 31
                               
Other jurisdictions                              
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Marianas 4,703 4,535 3,532 446 40 88 162 19 0 116 20 49 508 168 0
Puerto Rico 6,647 6,483 4,391 1,617 417 135 110 0 642 203 111 475 0 157 10
U.S. Virgin Islands 13,789 12,358 7,019 4,667 792 383 291 624 1,144 1,018 415 622 50 1,430 0
—Not available.
1 Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per pupil in public schools.
2 Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors. Excludes capital outlay related to "Other current expenditures."
3 Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time).
4 Includes expenditures for health, attendance, and speech pathology services.
5 Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.
NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. "0" indicates none or less than $0.50. 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," 2007-08. (This table was prepared June 2010.)