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 2015-16

Function and subfunction	Expenditures per pupil in current dollars										Expenditures per pupil in constant 2017-18 dollars1
	1990-91		2000-01	2005-06	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	1990-91		2000-01	2005-06	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
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	$10,603	$12,054	$11,991	$12,033	$12,335	$12,796	$13,298	$10,160		$12,147	$13,221	$13,528	$13,075	$12,906	$13,026	$13,415	$13,847
Current expenditures for     public schools	4,902		7,380	9,145	10,663	10,648	10,771	11,066	11,445	11,841	9,082		10,458	11,403	11,967	11,610	11,552	11,686	11,998	12,330
Salaries	3,220	2	4,752	5,561	6,300	6,233	6,265	6,372	6,530	6,748	5,967	2	6,734	6,935	7,070	6,796	6,719	6,729	6,846	7,027
Employee benefits	824	2	1,228	1,790	2,260	2,309	2,372	2,472	2,603	2,717	1,526	2	1,741	2,231	2,536	2,518	2,543	2,611	2,729	2,829
Purchased services	397	2	673	880	1,082	1,097	1,121	1,163	1,216	1,283	736	2	954	1,097	1,214	1,197	1,203	1,228	1,275	1,336
Tuition	29	2	52	78	101	101	102	106	111	114	54	2	74	97	113	110	110	112	116	119
Supplies	359	2	599	746	817	809	817	858	871	868	666	2	848	930	917	883	877	906	913	904
Other	72	2	76	90	103	98	93	95	114	111	134	2	107	113	116	107	100	101	119	116
Instruction	2,965		4,541	5,574	6,522	6,483	6,547	6,726	6,951	7,211	5,494		6,435	6,950	7,320	7,069	7,022	7,103	7,288	7,509
Salaries	2,202		3,273	3,806	4,307	4,256	4,273	4,344	4,437	4,578	4,079		4,639	4,745	4,834	4,641	4,583	4,587	4,652	4,767
Employee benefits	542		837	1,202	1,522	1,554	1,598	1,678	1,767	1,843	1,005		1,187	1,499	1,708	1,695	1,714	1,772	1,853	1,920
Purchased services	66		136	205	297	294	297	303	329	358	122		193	256	333	320	318	320	345	373
Tuition	29		52	78	101	101	102	106	111	114	54		74	97	113	110	110	112	116	119
Supplies	111		220	259	266	251	250	267	280	289	206		312	323	298	274	268	282	293	301
Textbooks	—		—	—	47	44	43	46	49	50	—		—	—	53	48	46	49	51	53
Other	15		22	24	30	27	27	28	27	28	28		31	30	33	29	29	29	29	29
Student support3	217		366	475	594	589	601	615	644	676	401		519	592	667	642	645	649	675	704
Salaries	159		262	322	392	383	389	396	411	429	295		371	402	440	418	417	419	431	447
Employee benefits	40		64	99	132	137	142	146	157	166	75		91	123	148	149	152	154	164	173
Purchased services	11		28	40	52	54	56	57	60	64	20		40	50	59	59	60	60	63	66
Supplies	5		9	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	9		13	13	12	11	12	12	12	13
Other	1		3	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	2		5	5	8	5	4	4	4	5
Instructional staff
services4	205		337	446	503	498	501	507	536	556	381		478	557	565	543	538	535	562	579
Salaries	135		207	265	293	289	291	294	308	319	250		294	330	329	316	312	310	323	333
Employee benefits	34		50	79	100	100	102	105	112	117	63		71	99	112	110	110	111	118	122
Purchased services	15		42	60	70	69	70	69	73	78	28		60	75	78	75	75	73	76	82
Supplies	19		33	38	37	35	33	36	39	37	35		47	47	41	38	36	38	41	39
Other	2		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
General administration	141		151	182	212	213	218	222	229	239	260		213	226	238	233	233	235	241	249
Salaries	63		71	79	89	88	90	92	94	97	117		101	98	100	96	96	98	99	101
Employee benefits	19		21	30	38	39	39	38	41	41	35		30	38	42	42	42	40	42	43
Purchased services	36		44	56	65	67	69	72	74	80	67		63	69	73	73	74	76	78	84
Supplies	4		4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8		6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Other	18		10	13	16	15	14	15	15	15	34		14	16	18	16	15	16	16	16
School administration	284		415	515	580	584	593	608	632	659	526		588	642	650	637	637	642	663	687
Salaries	217		314	370	408	408	414	423	436	452	402		445	462	458	445	444	446	457	471
Employee benefits	55		78	114	141	145	149	154	163	171	101		111	143	158	158	160	163	171	179
Purchased services	6		13	18	19	20	19	19	21	23	11		18	22	21	21	20	21	22	24
Supplies	5		8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9		11	12	10	9	9	9	9	10
Other	2		2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Operation and maintenance	517		721	902	1,015	1,006	1,019	1,061	1,078	1,093	957		1,022	1,125	1,140	1,097	1,093	1,120	1,130	1,139
Salaries	215		285	326	356	352	351	357	362	372	398		404	407	400	384	377	377	380	388
Employee benefits	64		80	119	146	148	150	154	160	165	118		113	148	163	161	161	162	167	172
Purchased services	139		204	243	270	271	282	300	309	316	257		289	302	303	296	302	317	324	329
Supplies	91		146	207	235	227	228	241	240	233	169		206	258	264	248	245	255	251	243
Other	8		6	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	15		8	10	10	9	8	9	9	8
Student transportation	211		298	384	452	463	467	477	477	483	390		422	479	508	505	501	503	500	503
Salaries	80		115	136	152	151	151	154	157	163	148		162	170	171	165	162	162	165	170
Employee benefits	22		34	52	63	64	65	66	68	72	40		48	64	71	70	70	70	71	74
Purchased services	81		122	154	185	190	193	198	200	206	150		173	192	208	207	207	210	210	215
Supplies	23		25	38	48	53	53	54	47	37	43		35	47	54	58	57	57	49	39
Other	5		3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	9		4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
Other support services5	136		242	294	349	361	363	381	415	429	251		343	367	391	393	389	402	436	447
Salaries	70		117	134	165	165	167	172	181	190	130		166	167	185	180	179	182	190	198
Employee benefits	24		34	51	67	69	70	74	78	81	44		48	63	75	75	75	78	82	84
Purchased services	19		59	70	78	85	87	93	97	102	36		84	88	88	93	93	99	101	106
Supplies	7		13	16	18	19	19	22	23	25	13		19	20	20	20	21	23	24	26
Other	15		19	23	21	23	19	19	37	32	28		27	29	24	25	21	20	39	33
Food services	205		293	352	412	428	439	447	459	470	379		415	438	463	467	471	472	481	489
Salaries	—		105	119	131	133	133	134	137	141	—		149	148	147	145	142	141	143	147
Employee benefits	—		29	42	50	51	52	55	56	58	—		41	52	57	56	56	58	59	60
Purchased services	—		20	30	42	44	46	47	49	51	—		28	37	47	48	49	49	51	53
Supplies	—		136	157	184	196	203	207	211	214	—		193	196	207	213	218	218	222	222
Other	—		3	3	5	5	5	5	6	6	—		4	4	6	5	5	5	6	6
Enterprise operations6	23		16	21	22	22	22	23	22	24	43		23	26	25	24	24	24	23	25
Salaries	—		3	4	7	6	6	6	6	7	—		4	5	8	7	7	7	7	7
Employee benefits	—		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—		1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Purchased services	—		4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	—		6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4
Supplies	—		5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	—		7	8	7	6	6	7	6	7
Other	—		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	—		6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Capital outlay7	477		976	1,166	1,029	984	916	926	1,004	1,109	884		1,383	1,454	1,155	1,073	982	977	1,052	1,155
Interest on school debt	105		215	292	363	360	347	343	348	348	194		305	364	407	392	372	362	365	362

—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 Includes estimated data for subfunctions of food services and enterprise operations.

3 Includes expenditures for guidance, health, attendance, and speech pathology services.

4 Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.

5 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.

6 Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time).

7 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 2015-16. (This table was prepared September 2018.)