Table 236.60.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by function and subfunction: Selected years, 1990-91 through 2011-12

Function and subfunction	Expenditures per pupil in current dollars										Expenditures per pupil in constant 2013-14 dollars1
	1990-91		1999-2000	2000-01	2005-06	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-112	2011-12	1990-91		1999-2000	2000-01	2005-06	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-112	2011-12
1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Total expenditures	$5,484		$8,030	$8,572	$10,603	$11,965	$12,222	$12,133	$12,054	$12,010	$9,621		$11,145	$11,503	$12,520	$13,280	$13,379	$13,154	$12,811	$12,401
Current expenditures for      public schools	4,902		6,912	7,380	9,145	10,298	10,540	10,636	10,663	10,667	8,601		9,594	9,904	10,798	11,430	11,537	11,531	11,332	11,014
Salaries	3,220	3	4,485	4,752	5,561	6,177	6,348	6,366	6,300	6,242	5,650	3	6,225	6,377	6,567	6,855	6,949	6,901	6,695	6,446
Employee benefits	824	3	1,138	1,228	1,790	2,093	2,146	2,199	2,260	2,313	1,445	3	1,580	1,648	2,113	2,323	2,349	2,384	2,402	2,389
Purchased services	397	3	620	673	880	1,000	1,030	1,053	1,082	1,101	697	3	861	903	1,039	1,110	1,128	1,142	1,150	1,137
Tuition	29	3	48	52	78	93	91	96	101	102	51	3	66	70	92	103	100	104	107	105
Supplies	359	3	553	599	746	840	825	818	817	810	630	3	767	803	881	933	903	886	869	836
Other	72	3	69	76	90	96	99	104	103	98	127	3	95	102	107	106	108	113	109	101
Instruction	2,965		4,268	4,541	5,574	6,262	6,420	6,511	6,522	6,495	5,203		5,923	6,093	6,582	6,951	7,027	7,059	6,932	6,706
Salaries	2,202		3,096	3,273	3,806	4,199	4,325	4,347	4,307	4,263	3,863		4,297	4,393	4,494	4,661	4,735	4,712	4,578	4,402
Employee benefits	542		773	837	1,202	1,407	1,443	1,481	1,522	1,557	951		1,072	1,124	1,419	1,562	1,579	1,605	1,617	1,608
Purchased services	66		125	136	205	249	260	281	297	294	116		173	183	242	276	284	304	316	304
Tuition	29		48	52	78	93	91	96	101	102	51		66	70	92	103	100	104	107	105
Supplies	111		208	220	259	287	273	277	266	252	195		289	295	306	319	298	301	282	260
Textbooks	—		—	—	52	55	60	52	47	44	—		—	—	61	61	65	56	50	46
Other	15		19	22	24	27	28	29	30	27	27		26	29	28	30	31	32	32	28
Student support4	217		342	366	475	559	580	591	594	594	380		475	492	561	620	634	640	631	613
Salaries	159		245	262	322	372	388	393	392	386	280		341	351	381	413	425	426	416	399
Employee benefits	40		61	64	99	120	125	128	132	138	71		84	86	117	133	137	139	140	142
Purchased services	11		25	28	40	48	49	50	52	55	19		35	38	47	54	54	55	56	57
Supplies	5		8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	8		12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Other	1		3	3	4	7	7	7	7	4	2		4	4	5	7	8	8	8	4
Instructional staff      services5	205		312	337	446	515	508	509	503	495	360		434	453	527	572	556	552	535	511
Salaries	135		191	207	265	309	304	301	293	288	237		266	278	313	343	333	326	311	297
Employee benefits	34		46	50	79	95	96	98	100	100	60		64	67	94	106	106	106	106	103
Purchased services	15		38	42	60	67	66	69	70	68	26		53	57	71	74	72	74	74	71
Supplies	19		32	33	38	40	37	37	37	34	33		44	45	45	44	41	40	39	35
Other	2		5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4		7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
General administration	141		143	151	182	200	207	211	212	214	247		198	202	214	222	227	229	226	221
Salaries	63		68	71	79	87	90	90	89	89	111		94	95	93	97	98	98	95	91
Employee benefits	19		20	21	30	34	35	37	38	39	33		28	28	36	38	39	40	40	40
Purchased services	36		41	44	56	60	64	64	65	67	63		58	60	66	67	71	69	70	69
Supplies	4		4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	7		6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Other	18		9	10	13	14	13	16	16	15	32		13	13	15	15	14	17	17	15
School administration	284		392	415	515	576	581	579	580	585	498		544	557	608	639	636	627	616	604
Salaries	217		297	314	370	410	417	413	408	409	380		412	421	437	455	456	447	434	422
Employee benefits	55		74	78	114	133	134	136	141	145	96		102	105	135	148	147	148	150	150
Purchased services	6		12	13	18	20	19	19	19	20	11		17	17	21	22	21	20	20	20
Supplies	5		7	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	8		10	10	11	11	10	9	9	9
Other	2		2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Operation and maintenance	517		666	721	902	1,003	1,027	1,014	1,015	1,008	906		924	968	1,065	1,113	1,124	1,099	1,079	1,041
Salaries	215		272	285	326	359	367	364	356	353	377		378	383	385	398	401	395	378	364
Employee benefits	64		75	80	119	136	140	143	146	148	112		105	107	140	151	153	155	155	153
Purchased services	139		189	204	243	265	267	265	270	272	244		263	274	286	294	292	288	287	281
Supplies	91		124	146	207	234	245	233	235	228	160		172	195	244	260	268	252	250	235
Other	8		5	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	14		7	8	9	10	10	10	9	8
Student transportation	211		278	298	384	438	440	442	452	464	369		385	400	453	486	482	479	481	479
Salaries	80		108	115	136	153	154	155	152	151	140		150	154	161	169	169	168	162	156
Employee benefits	22		31	34	52	58	60	62	63	64	38		43	45	61	65	65	67	67	66
Purchased services	81		114	122	154	174	183	182	185	192	142		158	164	181	193	200	197	197	198
Supplies	23		22	25	38	49	40	40	48	52	41		31	33	45	55	44	43	51	54
Other	5		2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	8		3	4	5	4	4	4	4	5
Other support services6	136		217	242	294	331	349	348	349	361	238		302	325	348	368	382	378	371	373
Salaries	70		105	117	134	153	164	165	165	165	123		146	157	158	170	180	179	175	171
Employee benefits	24		31	34	51	61	64	64	67	69	42		42	45	60	67	70	69	71	71
Purchased services	19		53	59	70	77	80	79	78	85	34		73	79	83	85	87	86	83	88
Supplies	7		12	13	16	20	18	17	18	18	13		17	18	19	22	20	19	19	19
Other	15		17	19	23	21	23	23	21	23	26		23	26	28	24	25	25	23	24
Food services	205		276	293	352	390	402	405	412	429	359		384	393	415	433	440	439	438	443
Salaries	—		98	105	119	129	132	131	131	133	—		136	141	140	143	145	142	139	137
Employee benefits	—		27	29	42	46	48	49	50	51	—		38	39	50	51	52	53	54	53
Purchased services	—		19	20	30	35	37	39	42	44	—		27	26	35	38	40	42	44	45
Supplies	—		129	136	157	177	181	181	184	196	—		179	183	186	197	198	197	196	202
Other	—		3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	—		4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Enterprise operations7	23		17	16	21	24	26	25	22	22	40		24	22	25	27	28	28	24	23
Salaries	—		4	3	4	6	7	7	7	6	—		5	4	5	7	8	7	7	6
Employee benefits	—		1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	—		1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Purchased services	—		4	4	5	5	5	5	3	4	—		5	5	6	5	6	6	4	4
Supplies	—		6	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	—		8	7	7	8	8	8	6	6
Other	—		3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	—		4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Capital outlay8	477		923	976	1,166	1,348	1,336	1,148	1,029	985	837		1,281	1,310	1,377	1,496	1,463	1,244	1,094	1,018
Interest on school debt	105		195	215	292	319	346	349	363	358	184		271	289	345	354	379	379	385	370

—Not available.

1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.

2 Data have been revised from previously published figures.

3 Includes estimated data for subfunctions of food services and enterprise operations.

4 Includes expenditures for guidance, health, attendance, and speech pathology services.

5 Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.

6 Includes business support services concerned with paying, transporting, exchanging, and maintaining goods and services for local education agencies; central support services, including planning, research, evaluation, information, staff, and data processing services; and other support services.

7 Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time).

8 Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.

NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. 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," 1990-91 through 2011-12. (This table was prepared July 2014.)