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 2014-15

Function and subfunction	Expenditures per pupil in current dollars										Expenditures per pupil in constant 2016-17 dollars1
	1990-91		2000-01	2004-05	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-142	2014-15	1990-91		2000-01	2004-05	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-142	2014-15
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	$10,078	$12,133	$12,054	$11,991	$12,033	$12,335	$12,796	$9,936		$11,879	$12,758	$13,584	$13,230	$12,786	$12,621	$12,739	$13,119
Current expenditures for       public schools	4,902		7,380	8,711	10,636	10,663	10,648	10,771	11,066	11,445	8,882		10,228	11,027	11,908	11,703	11,354	11,297	11,429	11,734
Salaries	3,220	3	4,752	5,361	6,366	6,300	6,233	6,265	6,372	6,530	5,835	3	6,586	6,786	7,127	6,914	6,646	6,571	6,581	6,695
Employee benefits	824	3	1,228	1,679	2,199	2,260	2,309	2,372	2,472	2,603	1,493	3	1,702	2,125	2,462	2,480	2,462	2,487	2,553	2,669
Purchased services	397	3	673	817	1,053	1,082	1,097	1,121	1,163	1,216	720	3	933	1,034	1,179	1,187	1,170	1,176	1,201	1,247
Tuition	29	3	52	74	96	101	101	102	106	111	52	3	72	94	108	111	108	107	109	114
Supplies	359	3	599	694	818	817	809	817	858	871	651	3	830	879	915	897	863	857	886	893
Other	72	3	76	86	104	103	98	93	95	114	131	3	105	109	117	113	105	97	99	117
Instruction	2,965		4,541	5,329	6,511	6,522	6,483	6,547	6,726	6,951	5,373		6,293	6,746	7,290	7,158	6,913	6,867	6,946	7,127
Salaries	2,202		3,273	3,671	4,347	4,307	4,256	4,273	4,344	4,437	3,989		4,536	4,647	4,867	4,727	4,538	4,482	4,486	4,549
Employee benefits	542		837	1,127	1,481	1,522	1,554	1,598	1,678	1,767	982		1,160	1,427	1,658	1,670	1,657	1,676	1,733	1,812
Purchased services	66		136	185	281	297	294	297	303	329	120		189	234	314	326	313	311	313	338
Tuition	29		52	74	96	101	101	102	106	111	52		72	94	108	111	108	107	109	114
Supplies	111		220	249	277	266	251	250	267	280	202		305	316	311	292	268	262	276	287
Textbooks	—		—	—	52	47	44	43	46	49	—		—	—	58	52	47	45	48	50
Other	15		22	23	29	30	27	27	28	27	28		30	29	33	33	29	28	29	28
Student support4	217		366	453	591	594	589	601	615	644	392		508	574	661	652	628	631	635	660
Salaries	159		262	311	393	392	383	389	396	411	289		363	394	440	430	409	408	409	421
Employee benefits	40		64	92	128	132	137	142	146	157	73		89	116	144	145	146	149	151	161
Purchased services	11		28	37	50	52	54	56	57	60	20		39	47	57	57	58	59	59	62
Supplies	5		9	10	11	11	10	11	11	12	8		12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12
Other	1		3	4	7	7	4	4	4	4	2		4	5	8	8	4	4	4	4
Instructional staff
services5	205		337	418	509	503	498	501	507	536	372		468	529	570	552	531	526	524	550
Salaries	135		207	248	301	293	289	291	294	308	244		287	314	337	322	309	305	303	316
Employee benefits	34		50	73	98	100	100	102	105	112	62		69	92	110	109	107	107	108	115
Purchased services	15		42	56	69	70	69	70	69	73	27		59	71	77	76	74	73	71	75
Supplies	19		33	37	37	37	35	33	36	39	34		46	46	42	40	37	35	37	40
Other	2		4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4		6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
General administration	141		151	174	211	212	213	218	222	229	255		209	221	237	233	228	228	230	235
Salaries	63		71	76	90	89	88	90	92	94	114		98	97	101	98	94	94	95	97
Employee benefits	19		21	28	37	38	39	39	38	41	34		29	36	41	41	41	41	40	42
Purchased services	36		44	54	64	65	67	69	72	74	65		62	68	71	72	71	73	74	76
Supplies	4		4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8		6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Other	18		10	11	16	16	15	14	15	15	33		13	14	18	17	16	15	16	16
School administration	284		415	495	579	580	584	593	608	632	514		575	627	648	636	623	622	628	648
Salaries	217		314	358	413	408	408	414	423	436	393		435	453	462	448	435	434	436	447
Employee benefits	55		78	107	136	141	145	149	154	163	99		108	135	153	155	154	157	159	167
Purchased services	6		13	18	19	19	20	19	19	21	11		18	23	21	21	21	20	20	22
Supplies	5		8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8		11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9
Other	2		2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Operation and maintenance	517		721	839	1,014	1,015	1,006	1,019	1,061	1,078	936		999	1,062	1,135	1,114	1,073	1,068	1,095	1,105
Salaries	215		285	314	364	356	352	351	357	362	389		395	398	408	391	375	368	368	371
Employee benefits	64		80	112	143	146	148	150	154	160	116		111	142	160	160	158	158	159	164
Purchased services	139		204	224	265	270	271	282	300	309	252		283	283	297	296	289	296	310	316
Supplies	91		146	181	233	235	227	228	241	240	165		202	229	261	258	242	239	249	246
Other	8		6	7	9	9	8	7	8	8	14		8	9	10	9	8	8	8	8
Student transportation	211		298	358	442	452	463	467	477	477	382		413	453	495	497	494	490	492	489
Salaries	80		115	131	155	152	151	151	154	157	144		159	166	173	167	161	159	159	161
Employee benefits	22		34	48	62	63	64	65	66	68	39		47	61	69	69	69	69	68	70
Purchased services	81		122	145	182	185	190	193	198	200	147		169	183	204	203	203	202	205	205
Supplies	23		25	31	40	48	53	53	54	47	42		34	39	45	53	57	56	56	48
Other	5		3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	9		4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5
Other support services6	136		242	288	348	349	361	363	381	415	246		336	365	390	383	384	381	393	426
Salaries	70		117	132	165	165	165	167	172	181	128		162	167	185	181	176	175	178	186
Employee benefits	24		34	51	64	67	69	70	74	78	43		47	65	71	73	73	74	76	80
Purchased services	19		59	67	79	78	85	87	93	97	35		82	85	89	86	91	91	96	99
Supplies	7		13	16	17	18	19	19	22	23	13		18	20	19	19	20	20	23	24
Other	15		19	22	23	21	23	19	19	37	27		27	28	25	24	25	20	20	38
Food services	205		293	337	405	412	428	439	447	459	371		406	426	454	453	457	460	461	470
Salaries	—		105	115	131	131	133	133	134	137	—		146	145	147	144	141	139	138	140
Employee benefits	—		29	40	49	50	51	52	55	56	—		41	50	55	55	54	55	56	57
Purchased services	—		20	27	39	42	44	46	47	49	—		27	35	44	46	47	48	48	50
Supplies	—		136	151	181	184	196	203	207	211	—		188	192	203	202	209	213	213	217
Other	—		3	3	5	5	5	5	5	6	—		4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
Enterprise operations7	23		16	20	25	22	22	22	23	22	42		23	25	29	25	23	23	24	23
Salaries	—		3	4	7	7	6	6	6	6	—		4	5	8	8	6	6	7	6
Employee benefits	—		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Purchased services	—		4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	—		6	5	6	4	4	4	4	4
Supplies	—		5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	—		7	7	8	6	6	6	7	6
Other	—		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	—		6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Capital outlay8	477		976	1,095	1,148	1,029	984	916	926	1,004	864		1,353	1,386	1,285	1,129	1,049	961	956	1,029
Interest on school debt	105		215	273	349	363	360	347	343	348	190		298	345	391	398	383	364	354	356

—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 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2017.)