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Table 236.80. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2014-15
State or jurisdiction Current expenditures, capital expenditures, and interest on school debt per pupil
Total1 Current expenditures Capital out-lay2 In-terest on school debt
Total Instruc-tion Support services Food ser-vices Enter-prise opera-tions3
Total Student sup-port4 Instruc-tional staff5 General adminis-tration School adminis-tration Operation and main-tenance Student transpor-tation Other support services
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
United States $12,796 $11,445 $6,951 $4,012 $644 $536 $229 $632 $1,078 $477 $415 $459 $22 $1,004 $348
Alabama 10,074 9,146 5,203 3,292 550 389 246 568 867 469 204 651 0 715 213
Alaska 22,651 20,191 11,353 8,193 1,668 1,392 275 1,277 2,278 573 730 567 77 2,160 300
Arizona 8,697 7,590 4,069 3,110 563 387 137 411 933 332 346 410 1 892 215
Arkansas 11,107 9,805 5,503 3,751 516 826 247 510 986 367 297 539 11 1,052 251
California 11,871 10,449 6,212 3,774 577 638 101 683 1,074 233 467 434 28 1,016 406
                               
Colorado 10,815 9,292 5,249 3,658 469 563 152 657 864 268 685 332 53 1,043 480
Connecticut 20,859 19,020 12,026 6,410 1,202 578 420 1,104 1,676 944 486 426 157 1,615 224
Delaware 14,938 13,882 8,576 4,823 605 270 213 873 1,467 681 714 483 0 892 164
District of Columbia 27,333 20,610 11,128 8,713 972 1,113 1,725 1,349 1,595 1,436 522 729 39 5,274 1,449
Florida 9,962 9,113 5,593 3,066 399 588 82 504 905 353 235 453 0 609 240
                               
Georgia 10,675 9,476 5,855 3,070 442 486 116 579 717 433 296 523 29 1,077 122
Hawaii 13,741 12,855 7,554 4,583 1,239 446 70 871 1,268 372 317 717 0 886 0
Idaho 7,688 6,929 4,120 2,445 386 350 169 398 649 320 174 364 0 573 185
Illinois 15,443 13,935 8,598 4,961 944 541 539 700 1,151 614 470 376 0 1,069 439
Indiana 10,795 9,529 5,482 3,589 476 370 216 605 1,098 583 240 459 0 960 306
                               
Iowa 12,864 10,938 6,663 3,777 629 579 280 621 943 397 328 486 11 1,680 246
Kansas 12,744 10,329 6,188 3,644 646 441 284 596 980 425 271 497 0 1,988 426
Kentucky 10,670 9,560 5,501 3,450 455 530 229 560 861 568 246 584 24 841 270
Louisiana 12,454 11,106 6,261 4,243 673 572 286 699 1,037 647 330 600 1 1,193 156
Maine 14,603 13,976 8,212 5,183 932 750 458 748 1,420 700 173 580 2 360 267
                               
Maryland 15,869 14,431 9,014 5,004 678 751 122 965 1,315 759 414 413 0 1,241 197
Massachusetts 17,285 16,450 10,472 5,528 1,194 747 257 710 1,471 735 414 450 0 595 239
Michigan 12,192 10,956 6,299 4,254 844 549 243 606 999 454 560 403 0 716 520
Minnesota 13,898 11,924 7,721 3,650 335 580 443 474 834 666 317 515 38 1,580 394
Mississippi 8,941 8,445 4,801 3,124 434 395 280 510 887 405 213 518 1 383 113
                               
Missouri 11,544 10,231 6,039 3,710 465 464 365 598 1,042 524 253 483 0 965 347
Montana 12,422 11,078 6,518 4,051 735 417 361 607 1,111 531 289 492 16 1,202 142
Nebraska 13,901 12,174 7,774 3,579 539 397 367 568 1,022 368 318 505 315 1,442 286
Nevada 9,229 8,451 4,913 3,211 444 495 113 635 861 341 321 327 0 408 370
New Hampshire 15,870 14,969 9,511 5,081 1,135 467 525 831 1,276 665 182 376 0 678 223
                               
New Jersey 19,897 18,559 11,167 6,836 1,900 599 378 911 1,847 762 439 414 142 895 443
New Mexico 11,315 9,724 5,553 3,697 983 270 216 592 1,008 319 310 467 7 1,591 0
New York 21,836 20,744 14,571 5,756 659 542 345 785 1,780 1,041 604 417 0 715 377
North Carolina 8,986 8,529 5,306 2,753 411 295 147 534 719 365 282 470 0 448 9
North Dakota 15,771 12,884 7,669 4,242 513 444 551 653 1,165 523 391 617 357 2,671 215
                               
Ohio 13,179 11,730 6,856 4,484 782 491 367 673 1,045 567 560 389 1 1,011 438
Oklahoma 9,114 8,075 4,449 3,033 549 337 239 446 865 264 332 511 83 965 74
Oregon 11,894 10,457 6,096 3,977 752 415 144 671 836 475 683 378 6 836 601
Pennsylvania 16,029 14,405 8,857 5,000 780 485 441 645 1,376 728 545 487 60 1,031 594
Rhode Island 16,496 15,797 9,698 5,673 1,624 543 227 746 1,243 652 638 419 6 379 320
                               
South Carolina 11,464 9,831 5,424 3,857 751 609 101 630 977 409 379 523 27 1,167 466
South Dakota 11,010 9,103 5,325 3,225 498 334 317 443 949 332 351 507 45 1,665 242
Tennessee 9,565 8,776 5,394 2,901 380 536 192 529 737 333 195 481 0 542 247
Texas 10,971 9,081 5,253 3,306 442 458 133 513 959 258 543 523 0 1,293 597
Utah 8,079 6,751 4,264 2,092 262 263 67 437 627 207 230 354 41 1,082 245
                               
Vermont 19,587 18,769 11,884 6,330 1,395 786 381 1,186 1,501 654 427 537 19 678 140
Virginia 12,200 11,235 6,839 3,963 568 729 179 665 1,047 596 180 431 2 848 117
Washington 12,565 10,684 6,150 4,075 726 708 216 634 941 411 440 347 112 1,484 397
West Virginia 12,437 11,512 6,584 4,203 568 529 209 621 1,204 856 215 725 0 871 54
Wisconsin 12,726 11,538 6,861 4,247 567 599 326 579 1,082 495 599 430 0 994 194
Wyoming 20,440 16,047 9,551 6,012 938 905 327 871 1,531 803 637 479 6 4,360 33
                               
Other jurisdictions                              
American Samoa
Guam 10,163 9,431 4,693 4,159 938 471 106 575 1,086 289 694 579 0 412 320
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico 8,029 7,902 3,236 3,670 803 662 299 342 934 373 258 995 0 128 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 11,141 11,141 6,634 3,855 970 355 444 604 480 509 493 641 10 0 0
—Not available.
1 Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per pupil in public schools.
2 Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.
3 Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time).
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.
NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. "0" indicates none or less than $0.50. 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," 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2017.)

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