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Table 236.75. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2017-18
State or jurisdiction Current expenditures, capital expenditures, and interest on school debt per pupil
Total1 Current expenditures Capital out-lay2 Interest on school debt
Total Instruc-tion Support services Food services 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 services6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
United States $14,364 $12,654 $7,676 $4,471 $751 $604 $248 $719 $1,174 $518 $456 $481 $25 $1,328 $383
Alabama 10,831 9,717 5,532 3,536 622 396 251 607 923 511 227 649 0 877 237
Alaska 18,993 17,726 9,495 7,579 1,364 1,436 260 1,094 2,112 616 697 577 74 1,009 259
Arizona 9,863 8,373 4,513 3,424 645 406 173 465 1,009 347 380 435 1 1,266 224
Arkansas 11,640 10,168 5,723 3,905 551 831 257 532 1,035 384 315 533 7 1,186 286
California 14,590 12,664 7,481 4,690 793 809 127 835 1,258 281 586 460 33 1,450 477

Colorado
12,858 10,238 5,699 4,146 602 585 162 790 941 304 762 338 55 2,024 597
Connecticut 21,408 20,147 12,494 7,075 1,361 683 456 1,178 1,707 992 699 427 151 1,057 204
Delaware 16,455 15,282 9,486 5,196 756 280 230 954 1,584 769 623 599 0 996 177
District of Columbia 29,906 23,155 12,797 9,529 1,038 781 1,751 1,591 2,202 1,410 756 829 1 5,052 1,698
Florida 10,716 9,663 5,981 3,209 431 589 90 529 943 374 254 474 0 822 231

Georgia
12,040 10,760 6,558 3,619 573 558 134 682 801 508 364 553 31 1,134 146
Hawaii 16,883 15,242 9,047 5,422 1,445 525 78 1,129 1,488 365 392 773 0 1,641 0
Idaho 8,968 7,846 4,651 2,824 456 428 193 455 723 351 219 367 4 913 209
Illinois 17,594 15,912 9,859 5,659 1,136 585 598 834 1,265 703 537 394 0 1,171 511
Indiana 11,388 10,033 5,762 3,799 534 406 214 662 1,126 617 239 472 0 1,081 274

Iowa
13,531 11,724 7,054 4,151 693 736 296 666 991 421 347 506 13 1,582 225
Kansas 13,364 11,095 6,600 3,988 723 469 296 648 1,092 456 305 507 0 1,769 501
Kentucky 12,427 11,081 6,500 3,871 543 609 243 647 934 604 292 681 29 1,069 277
Louisiana 12,612 11,636 6,529 4,501 722 583 301 765 1,127 661 341 606 # 817 159
Maine 16,201 15,069 8,825 5,652 1,050 773 507 796 1,576 750 201 591 2 879 253

Maryland
17,126 15,155 9,619 5,104 694 750 107 992 1,342 793 426 432 0 1,770 201
Massachusetts 19,127 18,328 11,756 6,051 1,379 805 291 793 1,514 814 455 522 0 547 251
Michigan 13,284 11,688 6,700 4,572 933 599 257 654 1,024 496 608 417 0 1,073 522
Minnesota 15,849 12,910 8,364 3,962 381 642 486 517 882 746 307 535 49 2,493 447
Mississippi 9,644 8,909 5,034 3,341 477 402 316 540 930 438 238 534 # 618 117

Missouri
12,373 11,034 6,540 3,990 491 478 441 637 1,100 581 262 504 0 992 348
Montana 13,759 11,512 6,767 4,221 803 418 347 643 1,136 551 323 508 16 1,972 276
Nebraska 14,650 12,813 8,244 3,703 480 432 363 617 1,128 375 309 529 337 1,513 325
Nevada 10,883 9,040 5,296 3,392 498 511 135 682 855 354 357 353 # 1,489 354
New Hampshire 17,758 16,588 10,573 5,628 1,289 530 585 936 1,326 743 219 387 0 920 250

New Jersey
21,669 20,316 12,072 7,619 2,124 759 410 1,013 1,965 858 490 439 186 860 492
New Mexico 11,512 9,963 5,632 3,832 1,029 258 269 568 1,059 321 327 492 7 1,549 0
New York 25,394 23,686 16,390 6,844 779 676 358 1,126 2,044 1,089 770 453 0 1,139 569
North Carolina 10,097 9,277 5,796 3,001 509 316 164 563 762 391 295 480 0 801 19
North Dakota 16,215 13,783 8,207 4,554 564 482 606 715 1,195 570 421 659 364 2,101 330

Ohio
14,398 12,893 7,640 4,836 897 499 400 693 1,105 621 621 416 1 1,137 368
Oklahoma 9,322 8,174 4,528 3,040 567 337 252 457 875 257 295 528 77 1,028 120
Oregon 14,463 11,903 6,961 4,535 930 471 165 761 926 540 743 401 7 1,826 735
Pennsylvania 18,091 16,377 10,157 5,612 934 590 474 724 1,484 782 626 521 86 1,167 548
Rhode Island 17,660 16,954 10,239 6,257 1,801 650 261 826 1,313 741 665 453 5 439 267

South Carolina
12,999 10,705 5,865 4,268 852 687 103 709 1,053 415 450 542 29 1,857 437
South Dakota 12,062 10,263 6,070 3,622 570 373 350 499 1,042 377 412 525 47 1,556 243
Tennessee 10,768 9,599 5,827 3,261 499 568 195 591 782 362 264 511 0 936 233
Texas 12,201 9,670 5,650 3,489 492 504 162 567 1,054 290 420 531 0 1,879 651
Utah 9,333 7,576 4,791 2,442 346 331 90 507 709 227 231 343 1 1,497 259

Vermont
21,099 20,149 12,739 6,848 1,616 830 409 1,273 1,552 670 498 533 29 844 107
Virginia 13,229 12,224 7,465 4,294 629 821 198 715 1,090 639 202 462 3 928 78
Washington 16,238 12,985 7,542 4,955 948 888 134 782 1,095 514 594 377 111 2,740 513
West Virginia 12,402 11,572 6,636 4,201 607 429 192 631 1,236 887 219 735 0 777 53
Wisconsin 14,296 12,445 7,262 4,738 629 666 278 628 1,354 524 659 445 # 1,619 232
Wyoming 18,288 16,134 9,599 6,056 995 817 311 873 1,622 772 667 470 9 2,131 23

Other jurisdictions
                             
American Samoa 5,684 4,862 2,389 1,098 2 525 62 368 0 39 102 1,375 0 823 0
Guam 11,359 9,902 4,700 4,516 994 587 181 573 1,203 251 727 686 0 1,003 453
Northern Marianas --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 6,751 6,682 2,706 3,089 769 275 169 285 1,183 172 236 886 0 69 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 15,486 15,486 9,557 5,077 1,254 396 785 894 437 831 480 816 36 0 0
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
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.
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.
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," 2017-18. (This table was prepared October 2020.)

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