Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2014-15

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Table 236.10.

School year	Total expenditures	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education											Current expenditures for other programs¹	Capital outlay²	Interest on school debt
School year	Total expenditures	Total	Admini- stration		Instruction		Plant operation		Plant main- tenance	Fixed charges	Other school services³		Current expenditures for other programs¹	Capital outlay²	Interest on school debt
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
2000-01	410,811,185	348,360,841	26,689,182	⁵	214,333,003	⁵	34,034,158	⁵	(⁴)	—	73,304,498	⁵	6,063,700	46,220,704	10,165,940

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
2012-13	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
2013-14⁶	625,018,277	553,501,209	41,538,042	⁵	336,426,927	⁵	53,051,141	⁵	(⁴)	—	122,485,100	⁵	7,926,285	46,438,323	17,152,459
2014-15	651,135,383	575,331,825	43,328,198	⁵	349,453,258	⁵	54,200,172	⁵	(⁴)	—	128,350,197	⁵	7,713,966	50,610,125	17,479,466
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2016-17 dollars⁷
1919-20	$13,192,793	$10,964,211	$467,945		$8,054,020		$1,473,239		$387,475	$118,234	$463,298		$41,724	$1,954,986	$231,884
1929-30	32,843,547	26,134,776	1,115,393		18,680,514		3,063,105		1,117,235	712,643	1,445,885		139,282	5,257,684	1,311,820
1939-40	40,701,077	33,716,578	1,590,000		24,366,048		3,374,872		1,273,115	870,193	2,242,350		232,099	4,479,352	2,273,049
1949-50	59,812,486	48,025,796	2,254,632		31,889,033		4,381,056		2,194,324	2,679,011	4,627,739		364,901	10,391,247	1,030,522
1959-60	128,940,195	101,820,780	4,363,794		68,963,573		8,960,640		3,489,876	7,509,536	8,533,360		1,094,780	21,982,042	4,042,593

1969-70	261,338,932	219,805,404	10,320,643		149,480,965		16,298,627		6,262,747	20,985,777	16,456,644		4,084,220	29,928,571	7,520,775
1979-80	299,945,237	271,884,688	13,327,145		166,467,327		30,459,090		(⁴)	36,864,076	24,767,050		1,867,860	20,336,203	5,856,482
1989-90	406,613,990	359,716,348	31,239,972	⁵	217,000,883	⁵	38,720,645	⁵	(⁴)	—	72,754,849	⁵	5,699,799	33,981,093	7,216,751
1999-2000	547,310,678	464,248,102	35,947,606	⁵	286,625,880	⁵	44,706,850	⁵	(⁴)	—	96,967,764	⁵	7,821,855	62,146,359	13,094,361
2000-01	569,333,830	482,785,328	36,987,927	⁵	297,039,209	⁵	47,167,162	⁵	(⁴)	—	101,591,028	⁵	8,403,543	64,056,217	14,088,743

2004-05	632,386,074	538,052,407	41,350,995	⁵	329,183,204	⁵	51,807,865	⁵	(⁴)	—	115,710,343	⁵	9,736,352	67,759,651	16,837,664
2005-06	644,184,626	547,682,394	41,700,809	⁵	333,831,010	⁵	54,037,438	⁵	(⁴)	—	118,113,137	⁵	9,042,744	69,964,926	17,494,562
2006-07	668,273,144	566,782,412	43,046,857	⁵	345,525,466	⁵	55,664,880	⁵	(⁴)	—	122,545,208	⁵	9,276,807	74,724,926	17,488,999
2007-08	684,649,930	580,998,276	43,789,241	⁵	353,307,768	⁵	56,580,220	⁵	(⁴)	—	127,321,047	⁵	9,522,433	76,138,817	17,990,403
2008-09	689,931,274	586,606,327	43,873,515	⁵	357,301,696	⁵	57,153,478	⁵	(⁴)	—	128,277,638	⁵	9,567,732	74,484,496	19,272,719

2009-10	679,616,262	587,469,960	43,633,744	⁵	359,629,773	⁵	56,006,662	⁵	(⁴)	—	128,199,781	⁵	9,355,091	63,497,972	19,293,240
2010-11	663,316,131	578,733,291	42,974,735	⁵	354,003,330	⁵	55,113,600	⁵	(⁴)	—	126,641,626	⁵	8,957,698	55,941,275	19,683,867
2011-12	641,914,860	562,169,057	42,110,838	⁵	342,281,261	⁵	53,138,923	⁵	(⁴)	—	124,638,035	⁵	8,731,670	52,029,179	18,984,954
2012-13	636,462,623	561,975,134	42,321,104	⁵	341,595,420	⁵	53,150,486	⁵	(⁴)	—	124,908,124	⁵	8,423,836	47,954,505	18,109,147
2013-14⁶	645,473,962	571,616,274	42,897,505	⁵	347,437,554	⁵	54,787,406	⁵	(⁴)	—	126,493,810	⁵	8,185,698	47,958,163	17,713,827
2014-15	667,584,545	589,866,017	44,422,767	⁵	358,281,243	⁵	55,569,391	⁵	(⁴)	—	131,592,615	⁵	7,908,839	51,888,652	17,921,038
	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
2000-01	100.0	84.8	6.5	⁵	52.2	⁵	8.3	⁵	(⁴)	—	17.8	⁵	1.5	11.3	2.5

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
2012-13	100.0	88.3	6.6	⁵	53.7	⁵	8.4	⁵	(⁴)	—	19.6	⁵	1.3	7.5	2.8
2013-14⁶	100.0	88.6	6.6	⁵	53.8	⁵	8.5	⁵	(⁴)	—	19.6	⁵	1.3	7.4	2.7
2014-15	100.0	88.4	6.7	⁵	53.7	⁵	8.3	⁵	(⁴)	—	19.7	⁵	1.2	7.8	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 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2017.)

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