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Table 192. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2008-09
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
Support 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 $12,274 $10,591 $6,456 $3,706 $574 $510 $211 $594 $1,033 $443 $343 $404 $25 $1,344 $341
Alabama 10,486 9,042 5,273 3,163 506 422 234 563 827 434 177 607 0 1,254 190
Alaska 17,996 15,353 8,599 6,277 1,233 867 227 927 1,998 460 566 408 69 2,330 313
Arizona 9,559 7,929 4,785 2,738 488 213 115 385 895 293 349 363 43 1,142 489
Arkansas 10,092 8,854 5,140 3,205 441 703 216 464 844 317 220 500 9 988 250
California 11,202 9,503 5,685 3,441 485 621 91 634 973 233 404 354 23 1,399 300
                               
Colorado 10,600 8,782 5,061 3,375 409 483 144 598 854 262 625 298 48 1,281 537
Connecticut 17,203 15,353 9,594 5,247 951 481 322 880 1,497 771 346 379 134 1,576 276
Delaware 14,534 12,109 7,378 4,246 609 142 155 709 1,256 777 600 484 0 2,058 367
District of Columbia 26,753 19,698 9,087 9,985 2,021 1,286 571 1,753 1,816 1,289 1,248 603 24 6,904 193
Florida 10,900 8,867 5,361 3,115 413 575 80 507 951 360 229 391 0 1,719 318
                               
Georgia 11,446 9,649 6,047 3,093 463 488 142 564 716 399 321 481 28 1,640 157
Hawaii 13,361 12,399 7,714 4,102 1,176 408 65 766 926 349 412 584 0 389 574
Idaho 8,601 7,118 4,335 2,429 412 295 165 398 672 337 151 352 2 1,281 204
Illinois 13,374 11,592 6,815 4,415 744 535 482 583 1,085 557 428 361 0 1,423 360
Indiana 10,444 9,254 5,404 3,460 432 342 195 534 1,104 539 314 391 0 888 303
                               
Iowa 11,667 10,055 6,159 3,438 572 455 265 583 902 355 306 449 10 1,439 173
Kansas 11,427 10,201 6,162 3,573 587 477 313 592 959 396 249 465 0 870 357
Kentucky 10,365 9,038 5,353 3,136 400 476 193 507 841 515 204 528 21 1,097 233
Louisiana 11,995 10,625 6,160 3,891 488 576 270 594 1,065 574 323 574 0 1,211 159
Maine 13,222 12,183 7,333 4,415 766 584 485 656 1,247 568 109 435 0 810 231
                               
Maryland 15,083 13,737 8,470 4,716 628 707 93 951 1,278 676 382 361 190 1,172 175
Massachusetts 15,659 14,540 9,461 4,699 997 690 188 587 1,316 575 344 380 0 828 292
Michigan 11,781 10,373 5,930 4,103 787 494 213 599 1,077 447 486 340 0 885 525
Minnesota 13,046 11,088 7,227 3,387 296 508 442 446 813 579 303 446 28 1,454 508
Mississippi 8,889 8,064 4,731 2,843 380 371 239 467 842 366 179 489 1 678 148
                               
Missouri 11,507 9,891 5,943 3,504 464 455 314 563 982 497 228 443 0 1,265 353
Montana 11,463 10,189 6,122 3,629 576 390 288 551 1,102 477 245 420 18 1,149 127
Nebraska 12,703 10,846 7,042 3,066 398 309 321 542 968 298 230 438 300 1,598 259
Nevada 10,449 8,321 4,944 3,105 400 435 135 599 886 354 296 272 0 1,462 666
New Hampshire 13,381 12,583 8,084 4,154 879 397 424 679 1,113 534 128 345 0 568 230
                               
New Jersey 18,367 17,076 10,084 6,450 1,584 548 396 1,133 1,776 911 103 380 162 1,037 256
New Mexico 11,835 9,648 5,565 3,680 984 289 212 596 972 339 288 398 5 2,187 0
New York 19,212 17,746 12,276 5,097 595 497 334 735 1,539 937 460 373 0 1,061 408
North Carolina 9,679 8,518 5,397 2,660 391 323 116 525 713 344 248 462 0 1,157 5
North Dakota 10,947 9,802 5,721 3,260 401 304 439 494 952 425 244 525 296 1,007 138
                               
Ohio 12,592 10,902 6,210 4,328 664 709 327 624 1,016 504 484 363 1 1,437 268
Oklahoma 8,696 7,878 4,508 2,835 531 286 230 428 899 245 215 463 72 733 86
Oregon 11,473 9,611 5,594 3,684 690 415 132 611 801 419 617 328 4 1,396 467
Pennsylvania 14,308 12,299 7,437 4,382 612 480 367 537 1,302 625 459 427 53 1,391 620
Rhode Island 15,154 14,719 8,812 5,548 1,835 477 381 725 1,258 580 293 358 1 176 260
                               
South Carolina 11,562 9,228 5,329 3,400 679 609 111 550 860 301 290 473 26 1,835 500
South Dakota 10,045 8,543 4,958 3,097 485 353 299 425 918 299 318 449 39 1,323 179
Tennessee 8,825 7,992 5,016 2,580 331 465 156 459 727 289 153 396 0 654 180
Texas 11,085 8,562 5,138 2,979 415 446 126 474 967 233 318 445 0 1,956 567
Utah 8,446 6,612 4,275 1,959 252 287 82 394 590 205 149 345 33 1,620 217
                               
Vermont 15,925 15,096 9,418 5,258 1,109 600 353 1,025 1,299 506 365 411 8 689 142
Virginia 12,201 10,928 6,631 3,895 530 733 173 647 1,072 559 180 401 1 1,148 125
Washington 11,860 9,688 5,830 3,423 643 433 180 565 860 382 360 316 118 1,765 408
West Virginia 11,159 10,821 6,456 3,769 400 436 261 572 1,149 774 178 596 0 295 44
Wisconsin 12,491 11,183 6,846 3,947 518 543 288 560 1,023 411 605 390 0 728 584
Wyoming 18,922 14,628 8,602 5,566 843 965 283 792 1,442 674 567 452 8 4,296 28
                               
Other jurisdictions                              
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Marianas 5,882 5,753 2,623 2,574 720 471 124 450 473 116 221 45 511 129 0
Puerto Rico 7,790 6,955 3,452 2,815 451 334 249 369 837 200 377 688 0 828 10
U.S. Virgin Islands 13,062 12,768 7,399 4,830 741 289 461 580 589 899 1,270 539 0 294 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," 2008-09. (This table was prepared June 2011.)

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