Table 236.10.

Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2017-18

School year	Total expenditures	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education										Current expenditures for other programs1	Capital outlay2	Interest on school debt
		Total	Administration		Instruction		Operation and maintenance		Fixed charges	Other school services3
1	2	3	4		5		6		7	8		9	10	11
	Amounts in thousands of unadjusted dollars4
1919-20	$1,036,151	$861,120	$36,752		$632,556		$146,139		$9,286	$36,387		$3,277	$153,543	$18,212
1929-30	2,316,790	1,843,552	78,680		1,317,727		294,882		50,270	101,993		9,825	370,878	92,536
1939-40	2,344,049	1,941,799	91,571		1,403,285		267,686		50,116	129,141		13,367	257,974	130,909
1949-50	5,837,643	4,687,274	220,050		3,112,340		641,751		261,469	451,663		35,614	1,014,176	100,578
1959-60	15,613,254	12,329,388	528,408		8,350,738		1,507,622		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		3,512,198		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		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	---	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	---	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	---	73,304,498	5	6,063,700	46,220,704	10,165,940
2007-08	597,313,726	506,884,219	38,203,341	5	308,238,664	5	49,362,661	5	---	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	---	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	---	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	---	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	---	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	---	119,089,346	5	8,031,416	45,720,570	17,265,542
2013-14	625,018,277	553,501,209	41,538,042	5	336,426,927	5	53,051,141	5	---	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	---	128,350,197	5	7,713,966	50,610,125	17,479,466
2015-16	677,605,095	596,201,554	45,252,877	5	363,106,915	5	55,045,039	5	---	132,796,722	5	7,913,839	55,989,128	17,500,574
2016-17	706,822,581	619,290,762	46,815,403	5	376,060,333	5	57,586,428	5	---	138,828,598	5	7,894,977	61,298,365	18,338,477
2017-18	734,876,044	639,951,946	48,912,673	5	388,218,590	5	59,378,275	5	---	143,442,408	5	8,221,932	67,346,066	19,356,101
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2019-20 dollars6
1919-20	$13,985,157	$11,622,725	$496,050		$8,537,747		$1,972,470		$125,335	$491,123		$44,230	$2,072,403	$245,811
1929-30	34,816,141	27,704,439	1,182,383		19,802,472		4,431,413		755,445	1,532,725		147,648	5,573,462	1,390,608
1939-40	43,145,597	35,741,607	1,685,496		25,829,481		4,927,146		922,457	2,377,026		246,039	4,748,383	2,409,569
1949-50	63,404,844	50,910,241	2,390,046		33,804,299		6,970,300		2,839,913	4,905,682		386,817	11,015,348	1,092,416
1959-60	136,684,386	107,936,170	4,625,885		73,105,549		13,198,299		7,960,561	9,045,876		1,160,533	23,302,291	4,285,392
1969-70	277,035,035	233,006,990	10,940,504		158,458,842		23,916,418		22,246,190	17,445,036		4,329,520	31,726,091	7,972,475
1979-80	317,960,047	288,214,172	14,127,577		176,465,409		32,288,473		39,078,145	26,254,567		1,980,044	21,557,602	6,208,225
1989-90	431,035,361	381,321,032	33,116,255	5	230,034,028	5	41,046,220	5	---	77,124,529	5	6,042,131	36,022,009	7,650,191
1999-2000	580,182,339	492,130,996	38,106,631	5	303,840,726	5	47,391,959	5	---	102,791,680	5	8,291,639	65,878,890	13,880,813
2000-01	603,528,209	511,781,573	39,209,434	5	314,879,483	5	50,000,038	5	---	107,692,619	5	8,908,263	67,903,455	14,934,918
2007-08	725,770,232	615,893,226	46,419,238	5	374,527,550	5	59,978,447	5	---	134,967,991	5	10,094,353	80,711,740	19,070,913
2008-09	731,368,776	621,838,098	46,508,573	5	378,761,354	5	60,586,135	5	---	135,982,036	5	10,142,373	78,958,060	20,430,244
2009-10	720,434,241	622,753,601	46,254,401	5	381,229,257	5	59,370,441	5	---	135,899,502	5	9,916,961	67,311,681	20,451,998
2010-11	703,155,119	613,492,205	45,555,811	5	375,264,887	5	58,423,741	5	---	134,247,765	5	9,495,700	59,301,127	20,866,087
2011-12	680,468,480	595,933,118	44,640,029	5	362,838,787	5	56,330,465	5	---	132,123,837	5	9,256,097	55,154,069	20,125,197
2012-13	674,688,779	595,727,548	44,862,924	5	362,111,755	5	56,342,722	5	---	132,410,148	5	8,929,774	50,834,669	19,196,789
2013-14	684,241,343	605,947,738	45,473,943	5	368,304,769	5	58,077,956	5	---	134,091,070	5	8,677,334	50,838,546	18,777,725
2014-15	707,679,895	625,293,566	47,090,813	5	379,799,734	5	58,906,907	5	---	139,496,111	5	8,383,846	55,005,102	18,997,381
2015-16	731,515,356	643,635,350	48,853,196	5	391,995,702	5	59,424,422	5	---	143,362,029	5	8,543,464	60,443,623	18,892,919
2016-17	749,274,581	656,485,571	49,627,152	5	398,646,641	5	61,045,088	5	---	147,166,690	5	8,369,152	64,979,965	19,439,892
2017-18	761,839,408	663,432,446	50,707,330	5	402,462,732	5	61,556,926	5	---	148,705,458	5	8,523,603	69,817,062	20,066,296
	Percentage distribution
1919-20	100.0	83.1	3.5		61.0		14.1		0.9	3.5		0.3	14.8	1.8
1929-30	100.0	79.6	3.4		56.9		12.7		2.2	4.4		0.4	16.0	4.0
1939-40	100.0	82.8	3.9		59.9		11.4		2.1	5.5		0.6	11.0	5.6
1949-50	100.0	80.3	3.8		53.3		11.0		4.5	7.7		0.6	17.4	1.7
1959-60	100.0	79.0	3.4		53.5		9.7		5.8	6.6		0.8	17.0	3.1
1969-70	100.0	84.1	3.9		57.2		8.6		8.0	6.3		1.6	11.5	2.9
1979-80	100.0	90.6	4.4		55.5		10.2		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	---	17.9	5	1.4	8.4	1.8
1999-2000	100.0	84.8	6.6	5	52.4	5	8.2	5	---	17.7	5	1.4	11.4	2.4
2000-01	100.0	84.8	6.5	5	52.2	5	8.3	5	---	17.8	5	1.5	11.3	2.5
2007-08	100.0	84.9	6.4	5	51.6	5	8.3	5	---	18.6	5	1.4	11.1	2.6
2008-09	100.0	85.0	6.4	5	51.8	5	8.3	5	---	18.6	5	1.4	10.8	2.8
2009-10	100.0	86.4	6.4	5	52.9	5	8.2	5	---	18.9	5	1.4	9.3	2.8
2010-11	100.0	87.2	6.5	5	53.4	5	8.3	5	---	19.1	5	1.4	8.4	3.0
2011-12	100.0	87.6	6.6	5	53.3	5	8.3	5	---	19.4	5	1.4	8.1	3.0
2012-13	100.0	88.3	6.6	5	53.7	5	8.4	5	---	19.6	5	1.3	7.5	2.8
2013-14	100.0	88.6	6.6	5	53.8	5	8.5	5	---	19.6	5	1.3	7.4	2.7
2014-15	100.0	88.4	6.7	5	53.7	5	8.3	5	---	19.7	5	1.2	7.8	2.7
2015-16	100.0	88.0	6.7	5	53.6	5	8.1	5	---	19.6	5	1.2	8.3	2.6
2016-17	100.0	87.6	6.6	5	53.2	5	8.1	5	---	19.6	5	1.1	8.7	2.6
2017-18	100.0	87.1	6.7	5	52.8	5	8.1	5	---	19.5	5	1.1	9.2	2.6

---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 Includes student support services, instructional staff support services, student transportation support services, other support services, food services, and enterprise operations. 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 Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.

5 Data not comparable to figures prior to 1989-90.

6 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 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 September 2020.)