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 2013-14

Function and subfunction	Expenditures per pupil in current dollars										Expenditures per pupil in constant 2015-16 dollars1
	1990-91		2000-01	2003-04	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-132	2013-14	1990-91		2000-01	2003-04	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-132	2013-14
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	$9,625	$12,222	$12,133	$12,054	$11,991	$12,033	$12,335	$9,757		$11,665	$12,324	$13,567	$13,339	$12,991	$12,556	$12,394	$12,509
Current expenditures for       public schools	4,902		7,380	8,310	10,540	10,636	10,663	10,648	10,771	11,066	8,722		10,043	10,641	11,699	11,693	11,492	11,149	11,093	11,222
Salaries	3,220	3	4,752	5,195	6,348	6,366	6,300	6,233	6,265	6,372	5,730	3	6,467	6,652	7,047	6,998	6,790	6,526	6,452	6,462
Employee benefits	824	3	1,228	1,534	2,146	2,199	2,260	2,309	2,372	2,472	1,466	3	1,671	1,965	2,382	2,417	2,435	2,418	2,443	2,507
Purchased services	397	3	673	773	1,030	1,053	1,082	1,097	1,121	1,164	707	3	916	989	1,143	1,158	1,166	1,149	1,155	1,180
Tuition	29	3	52	69	91	96	101	101	102	106	51	3	71	88	101	106	109	106	106	107
Supplies	359	3	599	657	825	818	817	809	817	857	639	3	815	842	916	899	881	848	842	869
Other	72	3	76	82	99	104	103	98	93	95	128	3	103	105	110	115	111	103	96	97
Instruction	2,965		4,541	5,098	6,420	6,511	6,522	6,483	6,547	6,726	5,276		6,179	6,527	7,126	7,158	7,029	6,788	6,743	6,821
Salaries	2,202		3,273	3,564	4,325	4,347	4,307	4,256	4,273	4,344	3,917		4,455	4,563	4,801	4,779	4,642	4,456	4,401	4,405
Employee benefits	542		837	1,031	1,443	1,481	1,522	1,554	1,598	1,678	965		1,139	1,320	1,601	1,628	1,640	1,627	1,646	1,702
Purchased services	66		136	170	260	281	297	294	297	303	118		185	217	288	309	320	307	306	308
Tuition	29		52	69	91	96	101	101	102	106	51		71	88	101	106	109	106	106	107
Supplies	111		220	241	273	277	266	251	250	267	198		299	309	303	305	286	263	257	271
Textbooks	—		—	—	60	52	47	44	43	46	—		—	—	66	57	51	46	44	47
Other	15		22	23	28	29	30	27	27	28	27		30	29	31	32	32	28	28	28
Student support4	217		366	430	580	591	594	589	601	615	385		499	551	643	649	640	617	619	624
Salaries	159		262	298	388	393	392	383	389	396	283		356	382	431	432	422	402	400	402
Employee benefits	40		64	83	125	128	132	137	142	146	72		88	107	139	141	142	144	146	148
Purchased services	11		28	35	49	50	52	54	56	57	20		38	45	54	56	56	57	58	58
Supplies	5		9	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	8		12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Other	1		3	4	7	7	7	4	4	4	2		4	5	8	8	8	4	4	4
Instructional staff
services5	205		337	393	508	509	503	498	501	507	366		459	504	564	560	543	521	516	514
Salaries	135		207	237	304	301	293	289	291	294	240		282	303	337	330	316	303	300	298
Employee benefits	34		50	65	96	98	100	100	102	105	61		68	83	107	108	108	105	106	106
Purchased services	15		42	51	66	69	70	69	70	69	27		58	65	73	75	75	72	72	70
Supplies	19		33	37	37	37	37	35	33	36	34		45	47	41	41	39	36	35	36
Other	2		4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4		6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
General administration	141		151	170	207	211	212	213	218	222	250		205	218	230	232	229	224	224	225
Salaries	63		71	77	90	90	89	88	90	92	112		97	98	100	99	96	93	93	94
Employee benefits	19		21	26	35	37	38	39	39	38	34		29	33	39	40	40	41	40	39
Purchased services	36		44	52	64	64	65	67	69	72	64		61	66	72	70	71	70	71	73
Supplies	4		4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	7		6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Other	18		10	11	13	16	16	15	14	15	33		13	14	14	18	17	15	15	15
School administration	284		415	466	581	579	580	584	593	608	505		565	596	645	636	625	612	611	617
Salaries	217		314	343	417	413	408	408	414	423	386		427	439	463	454	440	427	426	429
Employee benefits	55		78	97	134	136	141	145	149	154	97		106	124	149	150	152	152	154	156
Purchased services	6		13	16	19	19	19	20	19	19	11		18	20	21	21	20	21	20	20
Supplies	5		8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8		11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9
Other	2		2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Operation and maintenance	517		721	798	1,027	1,014	1,015	1,006	1,019	1,061	919		981	1,021	1,140	1,115	1,094	1,054	1,049	1,076
Salaries	215		285	305	367	364	356	352	351	357	382		388	391	407	400	384	369	362	362
Employee benefits	64		80	103	140	143	146	148	150	154	114		109	132	155	157	157	155	155	156
Purchased services	139		204	216	267	265	270	271	282	300	247		278	276	296	292	291	284	290	305
Supplies	91		146	167	245	233	235	227	228	241	162		198	213	272	256	254	238	235	245
Other	8		6	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	14		8	9	10	10	9	8	8	8
Student transportation	211		298	337	440	442	452	463	467	477	375		405	431	489	486	488	485	481	483
Salaries	80		115	126	154	155	152	151	151	154	142		156	161	171	170	164	158	156	156
Employee benefits	22		34	44	60	62	63	64	65	66	39		46	56	66	68	68	67	67	67
Purchased services	81		122	139	183	182	185	190	193	199	144		166	178	203	200	199	199	198	202
Supplies	23		25	25	40	40	48	53	53	53	42		33	31	45	44	52	56	55	54
Other	5		3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	8		4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
Other support services6	136		242	278	349	348	349	361	363	381	241		330	356	387	383	376	377	374	386
Salaries	70		117	131	164	165	165	165	167	172	125		159	167	182	182	177	173	172	175
Employee benefits	24		34	47	64	64	67	69	70	74	42		46	60	71	70	72	72	72	75
Purchased services	19		59	66	80	79	78	85	87	93	34		80	84	89	87	84	89	89	95
Supplies	7		13	16	18	17	18	19	19	22	13		18	20	20	19	19	19	20	22
Other	15		19	19	23	23	21	23	19	19	26		26	24	26	25	23	24	20	19
Food services	205		293	322	402	405	412	428	439	447	364		398	413	446	446	444	448	452	453
Salaries	—		105	111	132	131	131	133	133	134	—		143	143	147	144	141	139	137	136
Employee benefits	—		29	37	48	49	50	51	52	55	—		40	47	53	54	54	53	54	55
Purchased services	—		20	26	37	39	42	44	46	47	—		27	33	41	43	45	46	47	47
Supplies	—		136	144	181	181	184	196	203	207	—		185	185	201	199	199	205	209	210
Other	—		3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	—		4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Enterprise operations7	23		16	19	26	25	22	22	22	23	41		22	24	28	28	24	23	23	23
Salaries	—		3	4	7	7	7	6	6	6	—		4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6
Employee benefits	—		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Purchased services	—		4	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	—		5	5	6	6	4	4	4	4
Supplies	—		5	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	—		7	7	8	8	6	6	6	7
Other	—		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	—		6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Capital outlay8	477		976	1,045	1,336	1,148	1,029	984	916	926	849		1,328	1,338	1,483	1,262	1,109	1,030	943	939
Interest on school debt	105		215	269	346	349	363	360	347	343	187		293	345	384	384	391	377	357	348

—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 2013-14. (This table was prepared July 2016.)