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 2012-13

Function and subfunction	Expenditures per pupil in current dollars										Expenditures per pupil in constant 2014-15 dollars1
	1990-91		2000-01	2002-03	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-122	2012-13	1990-91		2000-01	2002-03	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-122	2012-13
1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Total expenditures	$5,484		$8,572	$9,296	$11,965	$12,222	$12,133	$12,054	$11,991	$12,020	$9,691		$11,586	$12,082	$13,376	$13,476	$13,249	$12,904	$12,471	$12,296
Current expenditures for       public schools	4,902		7,380	8,044	10,298	10,540	10,636	10,663	10,648	10,763	8,663		9,976	10,455	11,513	11,621	11,615	11,414	11,074	11,011
Salaries	3,220	3	4,752	5,113	6,177	6,348	6,366	6,300	6,233	6,261	5,691	3	6,423	6,645	6,905	6,999	6,951	6,744	6,482	6,405
Employee benefits	824	3	1,228	1,414	2,093	2,146	2,199	2,260	2,309	2,368	1,456	3	1,660	1,838	2,340	2,366	2,401	2,419	2,402	2,422
Purchased services	397	3	673	733	1,000	1,030	1,053	1,082	1,097	1,120	702	3	910	953	1,118	1,136	1,150	1,158	1,141	1,146
Tuition	29	3	52	68	93	91	96	101	101	102	51	3	70	89	104	101	105	108	105	105
Supplies	359	3	599	634	840	825	818	817	809	817	635	3	809	823	939	910	893	875	842	836
Other	72	3	76	82	96	99	104	103	98	95	127	3	102	107	107	109	114	110	102	97
Instruction	2,965		4,541	4,934	6,262	6,420	6,511	6,522	6,483	6,543	5,241		6,138	6,412	7,001	7,078	7,110	6,982	6,743	6,693
Salaries	2,202		3,273	3,504	4,199	4,325	4,347	4,307	4,256	4,271	3,891		4,425	4,554	4,695	4,769	4,747	4,611	4,427	4,369
Employee benefits	542		837	954	1,407	1,443	1,481	1,522	1,554	1,596	958		1,132	1,239	1,573	1,591	1,617	1,629	1,616	1,632
Purchased services	66		136	151	249	260	281	297	294	297	117		184	197	278	286	306	318	305	304
Tuition	29		52	68	93	91	96	101	101	102	51		70	89	104	101	105	108	105	105
Supplies	111		220	234	287	273	277	266	251	250	197		297	305	321	301	303	284	261	255
Textbooks	—		—	—	55	60	52	47	44	43	—		—	—	62	66	56	50	46	44
Other	15		22	22	27	28	29	30	27	28	27		30	29	30	31	32	32	28	28
Student support4	217		366	415	559	580	591	594	589	600	383		495	539	624	639	645	636	613	614
Salaries	159		262	291	372	388	393	392	383	388	282		354	378	416	428	429	419	399	397
Employee benefits	40		64	76	120	125	128	132	137	142	71		87	99	134	138	140	141	143	145
Purchased services	11		28	34	48	49	50	52	54	56	20		38	44	54	54	55	56	56	57
Supplies	5		9	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	8		12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Other	1		3	3	7	7	7	7	4	4	2		4	4	8	8	8	8	4	4
Instructional staff       services5	205		337	385	515	508	509	503	498	501	363		456	501	576	560	556	539	518	513
Salaries	135		207	235	309	304	301	293	289	291	238		280	305	346	335	328	314	301	298
Employee benefits	34		50	60	95	96	98	100	100	102	60		67	78	106	106	107	107	104	105
Purchased services	15		42	48	67	66	69	70	69	70	27		57	63	75	73	75	74	72	72
Supplies	19		33	37	40	37	37	37	35	33	33		45	48	44	41	41	39	36	34
Other	2		4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4		6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
General administration	141		151	165	200	207	211	212	213	217	248		204	215	224	228	231	227	222	222
Salaries	63		71	76	87	90	90	89	88	90	112		96	99	98	99	99	95	92	92
Employee benefits	19		21	24	34	35	37	38	39	39	33		29	31	38	39	40	40	40	40
Purchased services	36		44	49	60	64	64	65	67	68	64		60	64	68	71	70	70	69	70
Supplies	4		4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7		6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Other	18		10	10	14	13	16	16	15	15	32		13	14	15	14	17	17	15	15
School administration	284		415	452	576	581	579	580	584	593	501		561	588	644	641	632	620	608	607
Salaries	217		314	336	410	417	413	408	408	413	383		424	437	458	460	450	437	424	423
Employee benefits	55		78	90	133	134	136	141	145	149	97		106	117	149	148	149	151	151	152
Purchased services	6		13	15	20	19	19	19	20	19	11		18	19	22	21	21	20	21	19
Supplies	5		8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8		11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9
Other	2		2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Operation and maintenance	517		721	764	1,003	1,027	1,014	1,015	1,006	1,018	913		975	993	1,121	1,132	1,107	1,087	1,047	1,041
Salaries	215		285	303	359	367	364	356	352	351	379		385	394	401	404	397	381	366	359
Employee benefits	64		80	93	136	140	143	146	148	150	113		108	121	152	154	156	156	154	153
Purchased services	139		204	205	265	267	265	270	271	282	245		276	266	296	294	290	289	282	288
Supplies	91		146	157	234	245	233	235	227	228	161		197	203	261	270	254	252	236	233
Other	8		6	7	9	9	9	9	8	7	14		8	9	10	10	10	9	8	8
Student transportation	211		298	325	438	440	442	452	463	467	372		402	422	489	485	483	484	482	478
Salaries	80		115	124	153	154	155	152	151	151	141		155	161	171	170	169	163	157	155
Employee benefits	22		34	40	58	60	62	63	64	65	38		46	51	65	66	67	68	67	67
Purchased services	81		122	134	174	183	182	185	190	193	143		165	174	194	202	199	198	198	197
Supplies	23		25	23	49	40	40	48	53	53	41		33	30	55	44	44	51	55	55
Other	5		3	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	8		4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5
Other support services6	136		242	275	331	349	348	349	361	363	240		328	357	370	385	380	373	375	371
Salaries	70		117	129	153	164	165	165	165	167	124		158	168	171	181	181	176	172	171
Employee benefits	24		34	42	61	64	64	67	69	70	42		46	54	68	71	69	71	71	72
Purchased services	19		59	68	77	80	79	78	85	87	34		80	89	86	88	87	84	89	89
Supplies	7		13	15	20	18	17	18	19	19	13		18	19	22	20	19	19	19	20
Other	15		19	20	21	23	23	21	23	19	26		26	26	24	25	25	23	24	20
Food services	205		293	310	390	402	405	412	428	439	361		396	403	436	443	443	441	445	449
Salaries	—		105	111	129	132	131	131	133	133	—		142	144	144	146	144	140	138	136
Employee benefits	—		29	34	46	48	49	50	51	52	—		40	44	51	52	53	54	53	54
Purchased services	—		20	24	35	37	39	42	44	46	—		26	31	39	41	43	45	46	47
Supplies	—		136	138	177	181	181	184	196	203	—		184	179	198	200	198	197	203	208
Other	—		3	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	—		4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6
Enterprise operations7	23		16	19	24	26	25	22	22	22	41		22	24	27	28	28	24	23	23
Salaries	—		3	3	6	7	7	7	6	6	—		4	4	7	8	7	7	6	6
Employee benefits	—		1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	—		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Purchased services	—		4	4	5	5	5	3	4	4	—		5	5	6	6	6	4	4	4
Supplies	—		5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	—		7	8	8	8	8	6	6	6
Other	—		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	—		6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Capital outlay8	477		976	1,013	1,348	1,336	1,148	1,029	984	910	843		1,320	1,317	1,507	1,474	1,253	1,102	1,023	931
Interest on school debt	105		215	239	319	346	349	363	360	347	185		291	310	356	382	381	388	374	355

—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 2012-13. (This table was prepared September 2015.)