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Table 187. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2007-08
[In thousands of current dollars]
State or jurisdiction Total expenditures
Total Current expenditures for elementary and secondary programs Other current expendi-
tures1
Capital outlay2 Interest on school debt
Elementary/
secondary current expenditures, total
Instruction Support services Food services Enter-
prise opera-
tions3
Total Student support4 Instruc-
tional staff5
General admini-
stration
School admini-
stration
Operation and maintenance Student transpor-
tation
Other support services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States $597,313,726 $506,884,219 $308,238,664 $178,271,014 $27,492,686 $25,364,532 $9,866,659 $28,336,682 $49,362,661 $21,536,978 $16,310,815 $19,190,249 $1,184,293 $8,307,720 $66,426,299 $15,695,488
Alabama 7,908,316 6,832,439 4,008,734 2,378,322 369,939 328,041 173,576 420,189 614,676 337,768 134,132 445,383 0 121,772 819,031 135,074
Alaska 2,274,715 1,918,375 1,117,441 743,143 137,986 100,475 28,481 116,692 235,162 58,119 66,229 49,930 7,861 7,986 307,660 40,694
Arizona 10,538,886 8,403,221 4,751,539 3,234,614 901,085 219,922 127,508 399,890 925,441 324,757 336,012 372,916 44,151 53,845 1,613,710 468,110
Arkansas 4,800,320 4,156,368 2,426,303 1,496,531 204,167 318,318 104,192 219,160 385,190 159,241 106,262 229,186 4,348 26,041 507,487 110,424
California 73,868,616 61,570,555 36,947,505 22,300,426 3,062,280 4,274,230 569,195 4,080,401 6,236,159 1,492,241 2,585,922 2,194,867 127,757 1,185,793 9,334,458 1,777,810
                                 
Colorado 8,927,548 7,338,766 4,249,391 2,822,307 343,099 397,126 140,028 516,110 704,257 224,740 496,948 227,783 39,285 57,109 1,164,357 367,315
Connecticut 9,576,901 8,336,789 5,228,633 2,827,499 506,974 264,089 175,929 475,314 803,854 406,863 194,476 208,689 71,968 143,531 936,570 160,011
Delaware 1,795,613 1,489,594 896,817 530,721 76,411 19,266 18,452 84,698 153,225 97,188 81,482 62,057 0 20,614 250,227 35,178
District of Columbia 1,589,568 1,282,437 688,205 535,348 72,931 69,295 35,598 60,605 135,121 87,916 73,883 58,883 0 15,853 291,278 0
Florida 31,518,715 24,224,114 14,594,649 8,584,117 1,107,958 1,624,054 222,421 1,368,423 2,594,828 1,016,399 650,035 1,045,348 0 499,419 5,972,496 822,687
                                 
Georgia 19,007,701 16,030,039 10,128,309 5,089,449 743,695 818,943 208,250 939,386 1,138,419 663,394 577,360 766,147 46,135 40,297 2,707,859 229,506
Hawaii 2,342,493 2,122,779 1,281,836 744,196 239,459 78,579 17,420 130,915 156,741 53,293 67,790 96,747 0 25,381 95,729 98,604
Idaho 2,324,360 1,891,505 1,153,189 646,649 107,754 77,781 42,808 106,669 178,615 92,184 40,838 91,449 218 4,474 367,045 61,337
Illinois 25,246,942 21,874,484 12,859,165 8,323,513 1,421,224 1,019,057 704,310 1,122,822 2,186,898 1,093,775 775,428 691,806 0 157,308 2,559,861 655,289
Indiana 10,638,810 9,281,709 5,043,955 3,861,633 388,487 981,651 170,625 485,318 1,008,171 524,895 302,485 376,120 0 126,989 998,088 232,024
                                 
Iowa 5,286,896 4,499,236 2,723,916 1,566,255 257,575 203,260 120,520 265,470 408,592 166,719 144,119 203,585 5,481 28,028 677,094 82,538
Kansas 5,168,120 4,633,517 2,785,528 1,638,599 263,353 219,529 142,390 265,699 442,130 186,936 118,562 209,390 0 5,517 373,130 155,956
Kentucky 6,803,420 5,822,550 3,451,684 2,025,839 251,346 316,462 126,329 319,211 537,118 344,154 131,218 332,841 12,187 88,436 746,605 145,829
Louisiana 7,771,248 6,814,455 4,011,922 2,431,103 297,598 352,400 167,065 367,508 677,560 383,383 185,589 371,328 101 54,429 799,455 102,910
Maine 2,516,597 2,308,071 1,478,788 753,021 104,008 98,033 43,873 126,330 238,939 105,156 36,682 76,194 68 24,887 137,927 45,713
                                 
Maryland 12,758,708 11,211,176 6,855,739 3,882,917 503,569 624,066 76,105 738,717 1,044,655 571,602 324,203 300,231 172,288 27,439 1,387,000 133,094
Massachusetts 14,444,056 13,182,987 8,546,025 4,264,959 837,120 605,249 172,608 549,766 1,191,569 566,000 342,648 372,002 0 64,156 928,710 268,203
Michigan 19,729,953 17,053,521 9,665,947 6,840,011 1,276,683 811,118 352,344 984,887 1,819,614 769,771 825,594 547,563 0 353,457 1,503,111 819,865
Minnesota 10,412,448 8,426,264 5,429,764 2,610,655 229,100 400,334 257,758 353,660 652,013 476,753 241,037 358,345 27,500 395,046 1,163,743 427,395
Mississippi 4,273,451 3,898,401 2,296,424 1,371,551 181,505 181,653 114,744 222,999 404,707 183,186 82,758 230,088 338 29,779 274,948 70,322
                                 
Missouri 10,093,669 8,526,641 5,114,379 3,032,325 400,600 395,530 260,314 484,039 850,138 443,185 198,520 379,936 0 189,834 1,079,729 297,465
Montana 1,564,569 1,392,449 839,415 493,747 77,242 52,497 39,837 75,929 150,283 65,150 32,810 56,801 2,485 7,479 148,479 16,161
Nebraska 3,457,340 2,970,323 1,911,264 861,064 115,328 97,851 98,610 147,304 256,166 83,447 62,358 117,631 80,363 2,912 414,590 69,515
Nevada 4,477,823 3,515,004 2,089,251 1,298,341 164,350 180,840 74,438 245,142 373,649 146,721 113,201 127,412 0 22,095 694,725 245,999
New Hampshire 2,618,360 2,399,330 1,548,183 783,392 164,418 73,092 80,142 129,433 210,119 102,476 23,713 67,755 0 6,795 163,878 48,358
                                 
New Jersey 26,478,109 24,357,079 14,473,885 9,181,559 2,303,520 797,881 557,853 1,639,663 2,480,381 1,277,549 124,711 492,587 209,048 252,989 1,515,062 352,979
New Mexico 3,556,459 3,057,061 1,758,818 1,172,002 314,843 101,552 67,901 181,805 310,742 108,494 86,666 124,680 1,561 3,537 495,699 163
New York 51,991,666 46,443,426 32,001,143 13,451,134 1,536,857 1,303,955 933,876 1,911,236 4,079,893 2,478,445 1,206,872 991,149 0 2,002,817 2,459,642 1,085,781
North Carolina 13,382,049 11,482,912 7,304,665 3,517,618 564,546 234,817 319,169 739,918 867,683 445,114 346,371 660,629 0 61,905 1,829,756 7,476
North Dakota 993,651 886,317 515,144 298,283 36,992 28,537 40,777 43,737 85,533 40,870 21,837 46,791 26,100 7,014 87,709 12,610
                                 
Ohio 22,362,887 18,892,374 10,801,279 7,462,077 1,131,996 1,201,480 564,486 1,070,373 1,762,765 896,315 834,662 627,537 1,481 441,528 2,546,119 482,867
Oklahoma 5,400,091 4,932,913 2,845,585 1,760,803 331,037 177,838 145,947 266,715 541,852 165,517 131,897 281,157 45,367 24,557 392,689 49,933
Oregon 6,331,026 5,409,630 3,158,068 2,060,631 374,495 224,448 80,687 341,400 458,475 236,978 344,148 188,575 2,356 21,205 621,513 278,678
Pennsylvania 25,346,538 21,157,430 12,849,308 7,492,356 1,051,775 819,689 629,090 937,907 2,228,057 1,060,105 765,734 728,642 87,124 634,096 2,592,305 962,707
Rhode Island 2,252,275 2,134,609 1,288,212 793,542 252,541 106,380 30,450 102,548 181,671 79,529 40,422 52,850 5 52,909 28,682 36,075
                                 
South Carolina 8,003,122 6,453,817 3,682,085 2,422,094 469,949 442,726 80,362 374,573 606,118 240,437 207,930 329,886 19,752 75,791 1,115,482 358,032
South Dakota 1,180,854 1,037,875 602,722 376,069 56,942 43,393 37,165 51,563 111,702 38,306 36,997 54,159 4,924 3,247 116,282 23,449
Tennessee 8,494,430 7,540,306 4,759,068 2,401,877 298,693 433,886 147,369 422,966 676,869 278,533 143,561 379,361 0 59,633 710,414 184,077
Texas 49,841,926 39,033,235 23,341,635 13,658,678 1,893,545 2,101,155 578,990 2,151,218 4,416,295 1,119,333 1,398,143 2,032,922 0 305,952 8,131,050 2,371,689
Utah 4,571,248 3,444,936 2,239,421 1,014,511 126,893 146,935 39,299 202,443 313,137 109,759 76,046 175,412 15,592 99,930 919,204 107,179
                                 
Vermont 1,462,893 1,356,165 853,188 467,013 99,426 52,547 31,349 91,974 114,181 45,087 32,450 35,398 566 8,481 84,129 14,119
Virginia 14,885,599 13,125,666 8,003,384 4,645,355 627,358 875,941 209,282 773,706 1,266,877 683,367 208,824 475,398 1,530 78,139 1,528,758 153,035
Washington 11,597,118 9,331,539 5,555,404 3,334,496 612,168 420,206 178,651 543,924 848,628 383,643 347,277 315,770 125,868 58,034 1,800,482 407,063
West Virginia 2,962,122 2,841,962 1,683,086 996,314 103,735 115,138 67,016 151,791 298,811 212,361 47,463 162,561 0 39,663 71,906 8,591
Wisconsin 10,972,162 9,366,134 5,693,815 3,342,362 428,833 457,623 238,069 469,201 882,286 354,072 512,278 329,856 100 282,554 650,537 672,937
Wyoming 1,511,335 1,191,736 704,847 449,990 69,303 75,664 23,003 65,336 116,696 55,752 44,235 36,516 383 7,038 309,897 2,663
                                 
Other jurisdictions                                
American Samoa 67,373 63,105 30,962 17,263 1,732 4,219 847 6,482 1,525 1,222 1,237 14,880 0 1,885 2,383 0
Guam 233,448 229,243 129,455 85,317 24,976 7,745 3,284 11,457 32,146 1,099 4,609 12,888 1,583 0 4,205 0
Northern Marianas 53,615 51,241 39,907 5,035 450 997 1,835 219 0 1,310 224 556 5,743 477 1,898 0
Puerto Rico 3,918,668 3,433,229 1,748,050 1,399,040 214,264 206,423 79,388 177,709 466,820 101,700 152,735 286,140 0 83,390 396,952 5,096
U.S. Virgin Islands 220,496 196,533 111,627 74,212 12,600 6,088 4,621 9,931 18,192 16,186 6,594 9,898 796 1,216 22,747 0
1 Includes expenditures for adult education, community colleges, private school programs funded by local and state education agencies, and community services.
2 Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.
3 Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time). Also includes small amounts for direct program support made by state education agencies for local school districts.
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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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 2011.)

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