Table 235.10.

Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools, by source of funds: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2017-18

School year	Revenues (in thousands)							Revenues per pupil
	Total	Federal	State	Local (including intermediate sources below the state level)				Total	Federal	State	Local (including intermediate sources below the state level)
				Total	Property taxes	Other public revenue	Private1				Total	Proper- ty taxes	Other public revenue	Private1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Current dollars
1919-20	$970,121	$2,475	$160,085	$807,561	---	---	---	$45	#	$7	$37	---	---	---
1929-30	2,088,557	7,334	353,670	1,727,553	---	---	---	81	#	14	67	---	---	---
1939-40	2,260,527	39,810	684,354	1,536,363	---	---	---	89	$2	27	60	---	---	---
1949-50	5,437,044	155,848	2,165,689	3,115,507	---	---	---	217	6	86	124	---	---	---
1959-60	14,746,618	651,639	5,768,047	8,326,932	---	---	---	419	19	164	237	---	---	---
1969-70	40,266,922	3,219,557	16,062,776	20,984,589	---	---	---	884	71	353	461	---	---	---
1979-80	96,881,164	9,503,537	45,348,814	42,028,813	---	---	---	2,326	228	1,089	1,009	---	---	---
1989-90	208,547,573	12,700,784	98,238,633	97,608,157	$74,867,627	$17,084,494	$5,656,036	5,144	313	2,423	2,408	$1,847	$421	$140
1994-95	273,149,449	18,582,157	127,729,576	126,837,717	97,978,129	21,560,162	7,299,425	6,192	421	2,896	2,875	2,221	489	165
1996-97	305,065,192	20,081,287	146,435,584	138,548,321	106,545,881	24,288,693	7,713,747	6,688	440	3,211	3,038	2,336	533	169
1997-98	325,925,708	22,201,965	157,645,372	146,078,370	111,184,150	26,676,244	8,217,977	7,066	481	3,418	3,167	2,410	578	178
1998-99	347,377,993	24,521,817	169,298,232	153,557,944	119,483,487	25,348,879	8,725,578	7,464	527	3,638	3,300	2,567	545	187
1999-2000	372,943,802	27,097,866	184,613,352	161,232,584	124,735,516	27,628,923	8,868,145	7,959	578	3,940	3,441	2,662	590	189
2000-01	401,356,120	29,100,183	199,583,097	172,672,840	132,575,925	30,889,273	9,207,643	8,503	616	4,228	3,658	2,809	654	195
2001-02	419,501,976	33,144,633	206,541,793	179,815,551	141,095,685	28,924,825	9,795,041	8,800	695	4,333	3,772	2,960	607	205
2002-03	440,111,653	37,515,909	214,277,407	188,318,337	148,511,786	29,579,240	10,227,310	9,134	779	4,447	3,908	3,082	614	212
2003-04	462,026,099	41,923,435	217,384,191	202,718,474	160,602,055	31,651,489	10,464,930	9,518	864	4,478	4,176	3,309	652	216
2004-05	487,753,525	44,809,532	228,553,579	214,390,414	167,909,883	35,433,486	11,047,044	9,996	918	4,684	4,394	3,441	726	226
2005-06	520,621,788	47,553,778	242,151,076	230,916,934	178,279,408	41,111,066	11,526,460	10,600	968	4,930	4,702	3,630	837	235
2006-07	555,710,762	47,150,608	263,608,741	244,951,413	188,287,298	44,806,422	11,857,694	11,281	957	5,351	4,972	3,822	910	241
2007-08	584,683,686	47,788,467	282,622,523	254,272,697	196,521,569	45,314,965	12,436,163	11,879	971	5,742	5,166	3,993	921	253
2008-09	592,422,033	56,670,261	276,525,603	259,226,169	205,821,844	41,195,313	12,209,012	12,032	1,151	5,616	5,265	4,180	837	248
2009-10	596,390,664	75,997,858	258,863,973	261,528,833	210,837,095	38,771,186	11,920,551	12,089	1,540	5,247	5,301	4,274	786	242
2010-11	604,228,585	75,549,471	266,786,402	261,892,711	211,649,523	38,558,755	11,684,433	12,218	1,528	5,395	5,296	4,280	780	236
2011-12	597,885,111	60,921,462	269,043,077	267,920,572	215,830,316	40,290,007	11,800,249	12,075	1,230	5,434	5,411	4,359	814	238
2012-13	603,769,917	55,860,888	273,215,485	274,693,545	221,970,384	41,129,568	11,593,592	12,137	1,123	5,492	5,522	4,462	827	233
2013-14	623,649,738	54,505,981	288,637,122	280,506,635	227,019,185	41,943,022	11,544,428	12,469	1,090	5,771	5,608	4,539	839	231
2014-15	647,679,130	55,002,853	301,529,692	291,146,585	235,870,943	43,978,246	11,297,396	12,884	1,094	5,998	5,792	4,692	875	225
2015-16	677,218,527	55,975,104	317,660,406	303,583,016	246,997,299	45,057,328	11,528,389	13,451	1,112	6,310	6,030	4,906	895	229
2016-17	704,839,937	57,308,616	331,319,218	316,212,103	258,159,622	46,390,033	11,662,448	13,954	1,135	6,559	6,260	5,111	918	231
2017-18	734,244,219	57,344,917	343,952,213	332,947,089	269,066,009	52,217,095	11,663,985	14,518	1,134	6,801	6,583	5,320	1,032	231
	Constant 2019-20 dollars2
1919-20	$13,093,936	$33,406	$2,160,702	$10,899,828	---	---	---	$607	$2	$100	$505	---	---	---
1929-30	31,386,313	110,214	5,314,864	25,961,235	---	---	---	1,222	4	207	1,011	---	---	---
1939-40	41,608,255	732,760	12,596,521	28,278,973	---	---	---	1,636	29	495	1,112	---	---	---
1949-50	59,053,787	1,692,724	23,522,365	33,838,697	---	---	---	2,352	67	937	1,348	---	---	---
1959-60	129,097,524	5,704,697	50,495,686	72,897,142	---	---	---	3,669	162	1,435	2,072	---	---	---
1969-70	274,198,818	21,923,670	109,379,957	142,895,191	---	---	---	6,020	481	2,401	3,137	---	---	---
1979-80	321,007,069	31,489,120	150,259,238	139,258,712	---	---	---	7,707	756	3,608	3,343	---	---	---
1989-90	422,482,318	25,729,652	199,014,951	197,737,714	$151,669,224	$34,610,313	$11,458,177	10,421	635	4,909	4,877	$3,741	$854	$283
1994-95	467,144,253	31,779,481	218,445,021	216,919,751	167,563,654	36,872,511	12,483,586	10,590	720	4,952	4,918	3,799	836	283
1996-97	493,819,816	32,506,289	237,040,459	224,273,068	172,469,586	39,316,966	12,486,515	10,827	713	5,197	4,917	3,781	862	274
1997-98	518,343,224	35,309,391	250,714,837	232,318,996	176,824,194	42,425,159	13,069,643	11,237	765	5,435	5,037	3,833	920	283
1998-99	543,059,165	38,335,179	264,665,460	240,058,526	186,789,618	39,628,133	13,640,775	11,669	824	5,687	5,158	4,014	852	293
1999-2000	566,667,852	41,173,736	280,509,962	244,984,154	189,528,842	41,980,648	13,474,665	12,094	879	5,986	5,228	4,045	896	288
2000-01	589,637,646	42,751,468	293,210,199	253,675,980	194,769,065	45,379,844	13,527,071	12,491	906	6,212	5,374	4,126	961	287
2001-02	605,574,287	47,846,109	298,154,493	259,573,685	203,679,419	41,754,583	14,139,682	12,703	1,004	6,254	5,445	4,273	876	297
2002-03	621,663,631	52,991,726	302,669,720	266,002,184	209,774,896	41,781,075	14,446,213	12,902	1,100	6,282	5,521	4,354	867	300
2003-04	638,646,334	57,949,644	300,484,359	280,212,331	221,995,929	43,751,008	14,465,393	13,157	1,194	6,190	5,773	4,573	901	298
2004-05	654,512,651	60,129,561	306,694,265	287,688,825	225,316,963	47,547,919	14,823,943	13,413	1,232	6,285	5,896	4,618	974	304
2005-06	672,989,580	61,471,106	313,020,228	298,498,246	230,455,556	53,142,837	14,899,852	13,703	1,252	6,373	6,078	4,692	1,082	303
2006-07	700,239,442	59,413,489	332,167,830	308,658,123	237,256,863	56,459,629	14,941,631	14,215	1,206	6,743	6,266	4,816	1,146	303
2007-08	710,424,013	58,065,711	343,402,478	308,955,824	238,784,910	55,060,266	15,110,647	14,433	1,180	6,977	6,277	4,851	1,119	307
2008-09	709,914,000	67,909,378	331,367,482	310,637,141	246,641,416	49,365,364	14,630,361	14,419	1,379	6,730	6,309	5,009	1,003	297
2009-10	707,820,936	90,197,379	307,230,396	310,393,161	250,230,125	46,015,236	14,147,800	14,348	1,828	6,228	6,292	5,072	933	287
2010-11	703,007,047	87,900,195	310,400,278	304,706,573	246,249,697	44,862,288	13,594,589	14,216	1,777	6,277	6,162	4,980	907	275
2011-12	675,824,433	68,863,083	304,115,091	302,846,258	243,965,602	45,542,146	13,338,510	13,649	1,391	6,142	6,116	4,927	920	269
2012-13	671,304,920	62,109,237	303,776,147	305,419,536	246,798,998	45,730,138	12,890,400	13,495	1,249	6,107	6,140	4,961	919	259
2013-14	682,743,129	59,670,649	315,986,682	307,085,798	248,530,192	45,917,296	12,638,310	13,650	1,193	6,318	6,140	4,969	918	253
2014-15	703,923,502	59,779,293	327,714,492	316,429,717	256,353,945	47,797,311	12,278,460	14,003	1,189	6,519	6,295	5,099	951	244
2015-16	731,098,033	60,428,484	342,933,468	327,736,081	266,648,404	48,642,089	12,445,588	14,522	1,200	6,812	6,510	5,296	966	247
2016-17	747,172,858	60,750,590	351,218,361	335,203,907	273,664,774	49,176,234	12,362,899	14,792	1,203	6,953	6,636	5,418	974	245
2017-18	761,184,400	59,448,962	356,572,176	345,163,263	278,938,320	54,132,994	12,091,948	15,051	1,175	7,050	6,825	5,515	1,070	239
	Percentage distribution
1919-20	100.0	0.3	16.5	83.2	---	---	---	100.0	0.3	16.5	83.2	---	---	---
1929-30	100.0	0.4	16.9	82.7	---	---	---	100.0	0.4	16.9	82.7	---	---	---
1939-40	100.0	1.8	30.3	68.0	---	---	---	100.0	1.8	30.3	68.0	---	---	---
1949-50	100.0	2.9	39.8	57.3	---	---	---	100.0	2.9	39.8	57.3	---	---	---
1959-60	100.0	4.4	39.1	56.5	---	---	---	100.0	4.4	39.1	56.5	---	---	---
1969-70	100.0	8.0	39.9	52.1	---	---	---	100.0	8.0	39.9	52.1	---	---	---
1979-80	100.0	9.8	46.8	43.4	---	---	---	100.0	9.8	46.8	43.4	---	---	---
1989-90	100.0	6.1	47.1	46.8	35.9	8.2	2.7	100.0	6.1	47.1	46.8	35.9	8.2	2.7
1994-95	100.0	6.8	46.8	46.4	35.9	7.9	2.7	100.0	6.8	46.8	46.4	35.9	7.9	2.7
1996-97	100.0	6.6	48.0	45.4	34.9	8.0	2.5	100.0	6.6	48.0	45.4	34.9	8.0	2.5
1997-98	100.0	6.8	48.4	44.8	34.1	8.2	2.5	100.0	6.8	48.4	44.8	34.1	8.2	2.5
1998-99	100.0	7.1	48.7	44.2	34.4	7.3	2.5	100.0	7.1	48.7	44.2	34.4	7.3	2.5
1999-2000	100.0	7.3	49.5	43.2	33.4	7.4	2.4	100.0	7.3	49.5	43.2	33.4	7.4	2.4
2000-01	100.0	7.3	49.7	43.0	33.0	7.7	2.3	100.0	7.3	49.7	43.0	33.0	7.7	2.3
2001-02	100.0	7.9	49.2	42.9	33.6	6.9	2.3	100.0	7.9	49.2	42.9	33.6	6.9	2.3
2002-03	100.0	8.5	48.7	42.8	33.7	6.7	2.3	100.0	8.5	48.7	42.8	33.7	6.7	2.3
2003-04	100.0	9.1	47.1	43.9	34.8	6.9	2.3	100.0	9.1	47.1	43.9	34.8	6.9	2.3
2004-05	100.0	9.2	46.9	44.0	34.4	7.3	2.3	100.0	9.2	46.9	44.0	34.4	7.3	2.3
2005-06	100.0	9.1	46.5	44.4	34.2	7.9	2.2	100.0	9.1	46.5	44.4	34.2	7.9	2.2
2006-07	100.0	8.5	47.4	44.1	33.9	8.1	2.1	100.0	8.5	47.4	44.1	33.9	8.1	2.1
2007-08	100.0	8.2	48.3	43.5	33.6	7.8	2.1	100.0	8.2	48.3	43.5	33.6	7.8	2.1
2008-09	100.0	9.6	46.7	43.8	34.7	7.0	2.1	100.0	9.6	46.7	43.8	34.7	7.0	2.1
2009-10	100.0	12.7	43.4	43.9	35.4	6.5	2.0	100.0	12.7	43.4	43.9	35.4	6.5	2.0
2010-11	100.0	12.5	44.2	43.3	35.0	6.4	1.9	100.0	12.5	44.2	43.3	35.0	6.4	1.9
2011-12	100.0	10.2	45.0	44.8	36.1	6.7	2.0	100.0	10.2	45.0	44.8	36.1	6.7	2.0
2012-13	100.0	9.3	45.3	45.5	36.8	6.8	1.9	100.0	9.3	45.3	45.5	36.8	6.8	1.9
2013-14	100.0	8.7	46.3	45.0	36.4	6.7	1.9	100.0	8.7	46.3	45.0	36.4	6.7	1.9
2014-15	100.0	8.5	46.6	45.0	36.4	6.8	1.7	100.0	8.5	46.6	45.0	36.4	6.8	1.7
2015-16	100.0	8.3	46.9	44.8	36.5	6.7	1.7	100.0	8.3	46.9	44.8	36.5	6.7	1.7
2016-17	100.0	8.1	47.0	44.9	36.6	6.6	1.7	100.0	8.1	47.0	44.9	36.6	6.6	1.7
2017-18	100.0	7.8	46.8	45.3	36.6	7.1	1.6	100.0	7.8	46.8	45.3	36.6	7.1	1.6

---Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

1 Includes revenues from gifts, and tuition and fees from patrons. More specifically, in 2017-18, includes tuition from individuals, transportation fees from individuals, food services (excluding federal reimbursements), district activities, textbook revenues, and summer school revenues.

2 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: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Beginning in 1989-90, revenues for state education agencies were excluded and new survey collection procedures were initiated; data may not be entirely comparable with figures for earlier years. 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 2017-18. (This table was prepared August 2020.)