Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2008-09

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Table 183.

School year	Total expenditures	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education											Other cur- rent expen- ditures²	Capital outlay³	Interest on school debt
School year	Total expenditures	Total	Admini- stration		Instruction		Plant operation		Plant main- tenance	Fixed charges	Other school services¹		Other cur- rent expen- ditures²	Capital outlay³	Interest on school debt
1	2	3	4		5		6		7	8	9		10	11	12
	Amounts in thousands of current dollars
1919-20	$1,036,151	$861,120	$36,752		$632,556		$115,707		$30,432	$9,286	$36,387		$3,277	$153,543	$18,212
1929-30	2,316,790	1,843,552	78,680		1,317,727		216,072		78,810	50,270	101,993		9,825	370,878	92,536
1939-40	2,344,049	1,941,799	91,571		1,403,285		194,365		73,321	50,116	129,141		13,367	257,974	130,909
1949-50	5,837,643	4,687,274	220,050		3,112,340		427,587		214,164	261,469	451,663		35,614	1,014,176	100,578
1959-60	15,613,254	12,329,388	528,408		8,350,738		1,085,036		422,586	909,323	1,033,297		132,566	2,661,786	489,514

1969-70	40,683,429	34,217,773	1,606,646		23,270,158		2,537,257		974,941	3,266,920	2,561,856		635,803	4,659,072	1,170,782
1979-80	95,961,561	86,984,142	4,263,757		53,257,937		9,744,785		(⁴)	11,793,934	7,923,729		597,585	6,506,167	1,873,666
1989-90	212,769,564	188,229,359	16,346,991	⁵	113,550,405	⁵	20,261,415	⁵	(⁴)	—	38,070,548	⁵	2,982,543	17,781,342	3,776,321
1999-2000	381,838,155	323,888,508	25,079,298	⁵	199,968,138	⁵	31,190,295	⁵	(⁴)	—	67,650,776	⁵	5,457,015	43,357,186	9,135,445
2000-01	410,811,185	348,360,841	26,689,181	⁵	214,333,003	⁵	34,034,158	⁵	(⁴)	—	73,304,498	⁵	6,063,700	46,220,704	10,165,940

2001-02	435,364,404	368,378,006	28,309,047	⁵	226,668,386	⁵	34,829,109	⁵	(⁴)	—	78,571,464	⁵	6,530,554	49,960,542	10,495,301
2002-03	454,906,912	387,593,617	29,751,958	⁵	237,731,734	⁵	36,830,517	⁵	(⁴)	—	83,279,408	⁵	6,873,762	48,940,374	11,499,160
2003-04	474,241,531	403,390,369	30,864,875	⁵	247,444,620	⁵	38,720,429	⁵	(⁴)	—	86,360,444	⁵	6,927,551	50,842,973	13,080,638
2004-05	499,568,736	425,047,565	32,666,223	⁵	260,046,266	⁵	40,926,881	⁵	(⁴)	—	91,408,195	⁵	7,691,468	53,528,382	13,301,322
2005-06	528,268,772	449,131,342	34,197,083	⁵	273,760,798	⁵	44,313,835	⁵	(⁴)	—	96,859,626	⁵	7,415,575	57,375,299	14,346,556

2006-07	562,194,807	476,814,206	36,213,814	⁵	290,678,482	⁵	46,828,916	⁵	(⁴)	—	103,092,995	⁵	7,804,253	62,863,465	14,712,882
2007-08⁶	597,313,726	506,884,219	38,203,341	⁵	308,238,664	⁵	49,362,661	⁵	(⁴)	—	111,079,554	⁵	8,307,720	66,426,299	15,695,488
2008-09	610,109,923	518,997,430	39,416,429	⁵	316,345,253	⁵	50,639,590	⁵	(⁴)	—	112,596,158	⁵	8,539,329	65,881,936	16,691,228
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2009-10 dollars
1919-20	$11,783,513	$9,792,992	$417,958		$7,193,673		$1,315,865		$346,085	$105,604	$413,807		$37,267	$1,746,151	$207,114
1929-30	29,335,134	23,343,007	996,244		16,685,024		2,735,898		997,890	636,517	1,291,433		124,404	4,696,047	1,171,688
1939-40	36,353,307	30,114,906	1,420,153		21,763,218		3,014,361		1,137,118	777,237	2,002,818		207,306	4,000,858	2,030,237
1949-50	53,423,196	42,895,584	2,013,788		28,482,583		3,913,063		1,959,922	2,392,834	4,133,394		325,922	9,281,233	920,440
1959-60	115,166,545	90,944,080	3,897,645		61,596,746		8,003,447		3,117,081	6,707,352	7,621,809		977,834	19,633,876	3,610,755

1969-70	233,422,184	196,325,350	9,218,171		133,513,109		14,557,575		5,593,748	18,744,035	14,698,712		3,647,935	26,731,541	6,717,391
1979-80	267,904,486	242,841,421	11,903,512		148,684,953		27,205,389		(⁴)	32,926,182	22,121,384		1,668,332	18,163,849	5,230,881
1989-90	363,178,669	321,290,727	27,902,856	⁵	193,820,414	⁵	34,584,428	⁵	(⁴)	—	64,983,030	⁵	5,090,935	30,351,165	6,445,843
1999-2000	488,845,855	414,656,190	32,107,611	⁵	256,007,929	⁵	39,931,175	⁵	(⁴)	—	86,609,473	⁵	6,986,309	55,507,760	11,695,595
2000-01	508,516,450	431,213,230	33,036,801	⁵	265,308,886	⁵	42,128,671	⁵	(⁴)	—	90,738,871	⁵	7,505,860	57,213,604	12,583,755

2001-02	529,533,897	448,058,315	34,432,305	⁵	275,696,847	⁵	42,362,659	⁵	(⁴)	—	95,566,503	⁵	7,943,116	60,767,027	12,765,439
2002-03	541,405,372	461,292,763	35,409,157	⁵	282,935,332	⁵	43,833,670	⁵	(⁴)	—	99,114,605	⁵	8,180,776	58,246,162	13,685,672
2003-04	552,332,923	469,814,992	35,947,267	⁵	288,190,302	⁵	45,096,362	⁵	(⁴)	—	100,581,061	⁵	8,068,282	59,215,075	15,234,573
2004-05	564,833,327	480,576,571	36,933,799	⁵	294,019,194	⁵	46,273,645	⁵	(⁴)	—	103,349,932	⁵	8,696,296	60,521,429	15,039,031
2005-06	575,371,534	489,177,864	37,246,245	⁵	298,170,513	⁵	48,265,051	⁵	(⁴)	—	105,496,055	⁵	8,076,780	62,491,132	15,625,758

2006-07	596,886,868	506,237,579	38,448,506	⁵	308,615,744	⁵	49,718,646	⁵	(⁴)	—	109,454,684	⁵	8,285,840	66,742,660	15,620,789
2007-08⁶	611,514,253	518,934,877	39,111,587	⁵	315,566,725	⁵	50,536,208	⁵	(⁴)	—	113,720,358	⁵	8,505,227	68,005,516	16,068,633
2008-09	616,013,259	524,019,174	39,797,816	⁵	319,406,164	⁵	51,129,571	⁵	(⁴)	—	113,685,623	⁵	8,621,954	66,519,400	16,852,730
	Percentage distribution
1919-20	100.0	83.1	3.5		61.0		11.2		2.9	0.9	3.5		0.3	14.8	1.8
1929-30	100.0	79.6	3.4		56.9		9.3		3.4	2.2	4.4		0.4	16.0	4.0
1939-40	100.0	82.8	3.9		59.9		8.3		3.1	2.1	5.5		0.6	11.0	5.6
1949-50	100.0	80.3	3.8		53.3		7.3		3.7	4.5	7.7		0.6	17.4	1.7
1959-60	100.0	79.0	3.4		53.5		6.9		2.7	5.8	6.6		0.8	17.0	3.1

1969-70	100.0	84.1	3.9		57.2		6.2		2.4	8.0	6.3		1.6	11.5	2.9
1979-80	100.0	90.6	4.4		55.5		10.2		(⁴)	12.3	8.3		0.6	6.8	2.0
1989-90	100.0	88.5	7.7	⁵	53.4	⁵	9.5		(⁴)	—	17.9	⁵	1.4	8.4	1.8
1999-2000	100.0	84.8	6.6	⁵	52.4	⁵	8.2		(⁴)	—	17.7	⁵	1.4	11.4	2.4
2000-01	100.0	84.8	6.5	⁵	52.2	⁵	8.3		(⁴)	—	17.8	⁵	1.5	11.3	2.5

2001-02	100.0	84.6	6.5	⁵	52.1	⁵	8.0		(⁴)	—	18.0	⁵	1.5	11.5	2.4
2002-03	100.0	85.2	6.5	⁵	52.3	⁵	8.1		(⁴)	—	18.3	⁵	1.5	10.8	2.5
2003-04	100.0	85.1	6.5	⁵	52.2	⁵	8.2		(⁴)	—	18.2	⁵	1.5	10.7	2.8
2004-05	100.0	85.1	6.5	⁵	52.1	⁵	8.2		(⁴)	—	18.3	⁵	1.5	10.7	2.7
2005-06	100.0	85.0	6.5	⁵	51.8	⁵	8.4		(⁴)	—	18.3	⁵	1.4	10.9	2.7

2006-07	100.0	84.8	6.4	⁵	51.7	⁵	8.3		(⁴)	—	18.3	⁵	1.4	11.2	2.6
2007-08⁶	100.0	84.9	6.4	⁵	51.6	⁵	8.3		(⁴)	—	18.6	⁵	1.4	11.1	2.6
2008-09	100.0	85.1	6.5	⁵	51.9	⁵	8.3		(⁴)	—	18.5	⁵	1.4	10.8	2.7

—Not available.

¹ Prior to 1959-60, items included under "other school services" were listed under "auxiliary services," a more comprehensive classification that also included community services.

² Includes expenditures for summer schools, adult education, community colleges, and community services.

³ Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local school housing authorities.

⁴ Plant operation also includes plant maintenance.

⁵ Data not comparable to figures prior to 1989-90.

⁶ Data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2008-09. (This table was prepared June 2011.)

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