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Table 236.10. Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2013-14
School year Total expenditures Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education Current expenditures for other programs1 Capital outlay2 Interest on school debt
Total Admini- stration Instruction Plant operation Plant main- tenance Fixed charges Other school services3
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
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
2007-08 597,313,726 506,884,219 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
                               
2008-09 610,326,007 518,922,842 38,811,325 5 316,075,710 5 50,559,027 5 (4) 113,476,779 5 8,463,793 65,890,367 17,049,004
2009-10 607,018,292 524,715,242 38,972,700 5 321,213,401 5 50,023,919 5 (4) 114,505,223 5 8,355,761 56,714,992 17,232,297
2010-11 604,355,852 527,291,339 39,154,833 5 322,536,983 5 50,214,709 5 (4) 115,384,813 5 8,161,474 50,968,815 17,934,224
2011-12 601,993,584 527,207,246 39,491,926 5 320,994,474 5 49,834,165 5 (4) 116,886,681 5 8,188,640 48,793,436 17,804,262
2012-136 606,813,352 535,795,823 40,349,598 5 325,682,380 5 50,674,499 5 (4) 119,089,346 5 8,031,416 45,720,570 17,265,542
2013-14 625,015,858 553,500,792 41,543,872 5 336,421,627 5 53,049,807 5 (4) 122,485,486 5 7,924,586 46,438,021 17,152,459
  Amounts in thousands of constant 2015-16 dollars7
1919-20 $12,954,660 $10,766,304 $459,498   $7,908,643   $1,446,647   $380,481 $116,100 $454,935   $40,971 $1,919,698 $227,699
1929-30 32,250,713 25,663,037 1,095,259   18,343,326   3,007,815   1,097,069 699,780 1,419,786   136,768 5,162,781 1,288,141
1939-40 39,966,413 33,107,986 1,561,300   23,926,235   3,313,955   1,250,135 854,486 2,201,875   227,910 4,398,498 2,232,020
1949-50 58,732,856 47,158,918 2,213,935   31,313,428   4,301,977   2,154,716 2,630,654 4,544,207   358,314 10,203,682 1,011,921
1959-60 126,612,793 99,982,890 4,285,027   67,718,764   8,798,899   3,426,883 7,373,987 8,379,331   1,075,019 21,585,261 3,969,623
                               
1969-70 256,621,700 215,837,863 10,134,353   146,782,797   16,004,433   6,149,703 20,606,979 16,159,598   4,010,499 29,388,353 7,385,023
1979-80 294,531,152 266,977,103 13,086,586   163,462,551   29,909,296   (4) 36,198,671 24,319,999   1,834,145 19,969,130 5,750,771
1989-90 399,274,508 353,223,381 30,676,083 5 213,083,964 5 38,021,728 5 (4) 71,441,606 5 5,596,916 33,367,726 7,086,487
1999-2000 537,431,586 455,868,311 35,298,743 5 281,452,213 5 43,899,881 5 (4) 95,217,472 5 7,680,669 61,024,602 12,858,005
2002-03 595,214,924 507,140,030 38,928,425 5 311,055,893 5 48,190,240 5 (4) 108,965,472 5 8,993,852 64,035,169 15,045,873
                               
2003-04 607,228,548 516,509,272 39,520,017 5 316,833,148 5 49,578,429 5 (4) 110,577,678 5 8,870,178 65,100,382 16,748,717
2004-05 620,971,351 528,340,430 40,604,600 5 323,241,367 5 50,872,720 5 (4) 113,621,743 5 9,560,609 66,536,573 16,533,740
2005-06 632,556,936 537,796,594 40,948,100 5 327,805,279 5 53,062,049 5 (4) 115,981,166 5 8,879,520 68,702,042 17,178,781
2006-07 656,210,650 556,551,851 42,269,851 5 339,288,647 5 54,660,116 5 (4) 120,333,237 5 9,109,359 73,376,123 17,173,318
2007-08 672,291,832 570,511,116 42,998,835 5 346,930,477 5 55,558,933 5 (4) 125,022,871 5 9,350,550 74,764,493 17,665,672
                               
2008-09 677,477,846 576,017,940 43,081,587 5 350,852,313 5 56,121,844 5 (4) 125,962,196 5 9,395,032 73,140,033 18,924,841
2009-10 667,349,023 576,865,984 42,846,144 5 353,138,368 5 54,995,729 5 (4) 125,885,743 5 9,186,229 62,351,818 18,944,992
2010-11 651,343,113 568,287,014 42,199,030 5 347,613,483 5 54,118,786 5 (4) 124,355,714 5 8,796,009 54,931,522 19,328,569
2011-12 630,328,140 552,021,769 41,350,727 5 336,103,001 5 52,179,753 5 (4) 122,388,288 5 8,574,061 51,090,039 18,642,271
2012-136 624,974,317 551,831,346 41,557,198 5 335,429,539 5 52,191,107 5 (4) 122,653,502 5 8,271,784 47,088,915 17,782,273
2013-14 633,820,547 561,298,038 42,129,107 5 341,160,847 5 53,797,127 5 (4) 124,210,957 5 8,036,221 47,092,200 17,394,088
  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 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 5 (4) 17.7 5 1.4 11.4 2.4
2002-03 100.0 85.2 6.5 5 52.3 5 8.1 5 (4) 18.3 5 1.5 10.8 2.5
                               
2003-04 100.0 85.1 6.5 5 52.2 5 8.2 5 (4) 18.2 5 1.5 10.7 2.8
2004-05 100.0 85.1 6.5 5 52.1 5 8.2 5 (4) 18.3 5 1.5 10.7 2.7
2005-06 100.0 85.0 6.5 5 51.8 5 8.4 5 (4) 18.3 5 1.4 10.9 2.7
2006-07 100.0 84.8 6.4 5 51.7 5 8.3 5 (4) 18.3 5 1.4 11.2 2.6
2007-08 100.0 84.9 6.4 5 51.6 5 8.3 5 (4) 18.6 5 1.4 11.1 2.6
                               
2008-09 100.0 85.0 6.4 5 51.8 5 8.3 5 (4) 18.6 5 1.4 10.8 2.8
2009-10 100.0 86.4 6.4 5 52.9 5 8.2 5 (4) 18.9 5 1.4 9.3 2.8
2010-11 100.0 87.2 6.5 5 53.4 5 8.3 5 (4) 19.1 5 1.4 8.4 3.0
2011-12 100.0 87.6 6.6 5 53.3 5 8.3 5 (4) 19.4 5 1.4 8.1 3.0
2012-136 100.0 88.3 6.6 5 53.7 5 8.4 5 (4) 19.6 5 1.3 7.5 2.8
2013-14 100.0 88.6 6.6 5 53.8 5 8.5 5 (4) 19.6 5 1.3 7.4 2.7
—Not available.
1 Includes expenditures for summer schools, adult education, community colleges, and community services.
2 Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local school housing authorities.
3 Prior to 1959-60, items included under "other school services" were listed under "auxiliary services," a more comprehensive classification that also included community services.
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.
7 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.
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 2013-14. (This table was prepared July 2016.)

2016 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest