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Table 236.10. | Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by function: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2018-19 |
School year | Total expenditures | Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education | Current expenditures for other programs1 | Capital outlay | Interest on school debt | ||||||
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Total | Instruc- tion2 | Adminis- tration2 | Operation and maintenance2 | Other school services2,3 | Fixed charges | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
Amounts in thousands of unadjusted dollars4 | |||||||||||
1919-20 | $1,036,151 | $861,120 | $632,556 | $36,752 | $146,139 | $36,387 | $9,286 | $3,277 | $153,543 | 5 | $18,212 |
1929-30 | 2,316,790 | 1,843,552 | 1,317,727 | 78,680 | 294,882 | 101,993 | 50,270 | 9,825 | 370,878 | 5 | 92,536 |
1939-40 | 2,344,049 | 1,941,799 | 1,403,285 | 91,571 | 267,686 | 129,141 | 50,116 | 13,367 | 257,974 | 5 | 130,909 |
1949-50 | 5,837,643 | 4,687,274 | 3,112,340 | 220,050 | 641,751 | 451,663 | 261,469 | 35,614 | 1,014,176 | 5 | 100,578 |
1959-60 | 15,613,254 | 12,329,388 | 8,350,738 | 528,408 | 1,507,622 | 1,033,297 | 909,323 | 132,566 | 2,661,786 | 5 | 489,514 |
1969-70 |
40,683,429 | 34,217,773 | 23,270,158 | 1,606,646 | 3,512,198 | 2,561,856 | 3,266,920 | 635,803 | 4,659,072 | 1,170,782 | |
1979-80 | 95,961,561 | 86,984,142 | 53,257,937 | 4,263,757 | 9,744,785 | 7,923,729 | 11,793,934 | 597,585 | 6,506,167 | 1,873,666 | |
1989-90 | 212,769,564 | 188,229,359 | 113,550,405 | 16,346,991 | 20,261,415 | 38,070,548 | --- | 2,982,543 | 17,781,342 | 3,776,321 | |
1999-2000 | 381,838,155 | 323,888,508 | 199,968,138 | 25,079,298 | 31,190,295 | 67,650,776 | --- | 5,457,015 | 43,357,186 | 9,135,445 | |
2000-01 | 410,811,185 | 348,360,841 | 214,333,003 | 26,689,182 | 34,034,158 | 73,304,498 | --- | 6,063,700 | 46,220,704 | 10,165,940 | |
2008-09 |
610,326,007 | 518,922,842 | 316,075,710 | 38,811,325 | 50,559,027 | 113,476,779 | --- | 8,463,793 | 65,890,367 | 17,049,004 | |
2009-10 | 607,018,292 | 524,715,242 | 321,213,401 | 38,972,700 | 50,023,919 | 114,505,223 | --- | 8,355,761 | 56,714,992 | 17,232,297 | |
2010-11 | 604,355,852 | 527,291,339 | 322,536,983 | 39,154,833 | 50,214,709 | 115,384,813 | --- | 8,161,474 | 50,968,815 | 17,934,224 | |
2011-12 | 601,993,584 | 527,207,246 | 320,994,474 | 39,491,926 | 49,834,165 | 116,886,681 | --- | 8,188,640 | 48,793,436 | 17,804,262 | |
2012-13 | 606,813,352 | 535,795,823 | 325,682,380 | 40,349,598 | 50,674,499 | 119,089,346 | --- | 8,031,416 | 45,720,570 | 17,265,542 | |
2013-14 |
625,018,277 | 553,501,209 | 336,426,927 | 41,538,042 | 53,051,141 | 122,485,100 | --- | 7,926,285 | 46,438,323 | 17,152,459 | |
2014-15 | 651,135,383 | 575,331,825 | 349,453,258 | 43,328,198 | 54,200,172 | 128,350,197 | --- | 7,713,966 | 50,610,125 | 17,479,466 | |
2015-16 | 677,605,095 | 596,201,554 | 363,106,915 | 45,252,877 | 55,045,039 | 132,796,722 | --- | 7,913,839 | 55,989,128 | 17,500,574 | |
2016-17 | 706,822,581 | 619,290,762 | 376,060,333 | 46,815,403 | 57,586,428 | 138,828,598 | --- | 7,894,977 | 61,298,365 | 18,338,477 | |
2017-18 | 734,876,044 | 639,951,946 | 388,218,590 | 48,912,673 | 59,378,275 | 143,442,408 | --- | 8,221,932 | 67,346,066 | 19,356,101 | |
2018-196 | 769,038,919 | 666,865,401 | 403,040,525 | 50,398,304 | 61,488,333 | 151,938,238 | --- | 8,599,919 | 73,130,901 | 20,442,697 | |
Amounts in thousands of constant 2020-21 dollars7 | |||||||||||
1919-20 | $14,307,072 | $11,890,261 | $8,734,271 | $507,468 | $2,017,873 | $502,428 | $128,220 | $45,248 | $2,120,107 | 5 | $251,470 |
1929-30 | 35,617,550 | 28,342,148 | 20,258,292 | 1,209,600 | 4,533,417 | 1,568,006 | 772,834 | 151,046 | 5,701,754 | 5 | 1,422,617 |
1939-40 | 44,138,736 | 36,564,318 | 26,424,032 | 1,724,293 | 5,040,561 | 2,431,741 | 943,691 | 251,702 | 4,857,683 | 5 | 2,465,033 |
1949-50 | 64,864,316 | 52,082,109 | 34,582,417 | 2,445,061 | 7,130,744 | 5,018,603 | 2,905,283 | 395,721 | 11,268,903 | 5 | 1,117,561 |
1959-60 | 139,830,630 | 110,420,678 | 74,788,315 | 4,732,365 | 13,502,101 | 9,254,097 | 8,143,799 | 1,187,247 | 23,838,670 | 5 | 4,384,035 |
1969-70 |
283,411,913 | 238,370,417 | 162,106,296 | 11,192,336 | 24,466,934 | 17,846,591 | 22,758,260 | 4,429,178 | 32,456,372 | 8,155,988 | |
1979-80 | 325,278,950 | 294,848,376 | 180,527,345 | 14,452,770 | 33,031,699 | 26,858,903 | 39,977,658 | 2,025,622 | 22,053,822 | 6,351,128 | |
1989-90 | 440,957,067 | 390,098,398 | 235,329,022 | 33,878,535 | 41,991,035 | 78,899,805 | --- | 6,181,210 | 36,851,175 | 7,826,286 | |
1999-2000 | 593,537,156 | 503,459,020 | 310,834,626 | 38,983,782 | 48,482,842 | 105,157,771 | --- | 8,482,498 | 67,395,311 | 14,200,326 | |
2000-01 | 617,420,409 | 523,561,920 | 322,127,477 | 40,111,969 | 51,150,954 | 110,171,521 | --- | 9,113,316 | 69,466,478 | 15,278,694 | |
2008-09 |
748,203,649 | 636,151,761 | 387,479,801 | 47,579,122 | 61,980,726 | 139,112,113 | --- | 10,375,834 | 80,775,541 | 20,900,514 | |
2009-10 | 737,017,420 | 637,088,337 | 390,004,510 | 47,319,099 | 60,737,049 | 139,027,679 | --- | 10,145,232 | 68,861,083 | 20,922,768 | |
2010-11 | 719,340,562 | 627,613,759 | 383,902,851 | 46,604,429 | 59,768,557 | 137,337,921 | --- | 9,714,275 | 60,666,139 | 21,346,389 | |
2011-12 | 696,131,715 | 609,650,491 | 371,190,723 | 45,667,567 | 57,627,097 | 135,165,104 | --- | 9,469,157 | 56,423,622 | 20,588,445 | |
2012-13 | 690,218,975 | 609,440,189 | 370,446,955 | 45,895,592 | 57,639,636 | 135,458,005 | --- | 9,135,323 | 52,004,797 | 19,638,666 | |
2013-14 |
699,991,422 | 619,895,631 | 376,782,522 | 46,520,677 | 59,414,812 | 137,177,620 | --- | 8,877,071 | 52,008,764 | 19,209,957 | |
2014-15 | 723,969,490 | 639,686,767 | 388,542,082 | 48,174,764 | 60,262,845 | 142,707,076 | --- | 8,576,828 | 56,271,226 | 19,434,669 | |
2015-16 | 748,353,604 | 658,450,748 | 401,018,781 | 49,977,714 | 60,792,272 | 146,661,981 | --- | 8,740,120 | 61,834,934 | 19,327,802 | |
2016-17 | 766,521,616 | 671,596,760 | 407,822,814 | 50,769,485 | 62,450,243 | 150,554,218 | --- | 8,561,796 | 66,475,694 | 19,887,366 | |
2017-18 | 779,375,664 | 678,703,540 | 411,726,744 | 51,874,527 | 62,973,862 | 152,128,407 | --- | 8,719,802 | 71,424,133 | 20,528,188 | |
2018-196 | 799,048,283 | 692,887,759 | 418,767,935 | 52,364,942 | 63,887,725 | 157,867,158 | --- | 8,935,505 | 75,984,608 | 21,240,410 | |
Percentage distribution | |||||||||||
1919-20 | 100.0 | 83.1 | 61.0 | 3.5 | 14.1 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.8 | 5 | 1.8 |
1929-30 | 100.0 | 79.6 | 56.9 | 3.4 | 12.7 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 16.0 | 5 | 4.0 |
1939-40 | 100.0 | 82.8 | 59.9 | 3.9 | 11.4 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.0 | 5 | 5.6 |
1949-50 | 100.0 | 80.3 | 53.3 | 3.8 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 17.4 | 5 | 1.7 |
1959-60 | 100.0 | 79.0 | 53.5 | 3.4 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 17.0 | 5 | 3.1 |
1969-70 |
100.0 | 84.1 | 57.2 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 11.5 | 2.9 | |
1979-80 | 100.0 | 90.6 | 55.5 | 4.4 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 12.3 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 2.0 | |
1989-90 | 100.0 | 88.5 | 53.4 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 17.9 | --- | 1.4 | 8.4 | 1.8 | |
1999-2000 | 100.0 | 84.8 | 52.4 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 17.7 | --- | 1.4 | 11.4 | 2.4 | |
2000-01 | 100.0 | 84.8 | 52.2 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 17.8 | --- | 1.5 | 11.3 | 2.5 | |
2008-09 |
100.0 | 85.0 | 51.8 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 18.6 | --- | 1.4 | 10.8 | 2.8 | |
2009-10 | 100.0 | 86.4 | 52.9 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 18.9 | --- | 1.4 | 9.3 | 2.8 | |
2010-11 | 100.0 | 87.2 | 53.4 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 19.1 | --- | 1.4 | 8.4 | 3.0 | |
2011-12 | 100.0 | 87.6 | 53.3 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 19.4 | --- | 1.4 | 8.1 | 3.0 | |
2012-13 | 100.0 | 88.3 | 53.7 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 19.6 | --- | 1.3 | 7.5 | 2.8 | |
2013-14 |
100.0 | 88.6 | 53.8 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 19.6 | --- | 1.3 | 7.4 | 2.7 | |
2014-15 | 100.0 | 88.4 | 53.7 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 19.7 | --- | 1.2 | 7.8 | 2.7 | |
2015-16 | 100.0 | 88.0 | 53.6 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 19.6 | --- | 1.2 | 8.3 | 2.6 | |
2016-17 | 100.0 | 87.6 | 53.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 19.6 | --- | 1.1 | 8.7 | 2.6 | |
2017-18 | 100.0 | 87.1 | 52.8 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 19.5 | --- | 1.1 | 9.2 | 2.6 | |
2018-196 | 100.0 | 86.7 | 52.4 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 19.8 | --- | 1.1 | 9.5 | 2.7 |
---Not available. | |||||||||||
1 Includes expenditures for summer schools, adult education, community colleges, and community services. | |||||||||||
2 Data for 1989-90 and later are not comparable to figures prior to 1989-90. | |||||||||||
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 Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local school housing authorities. | |||||||||||
6 Excludes prekindergarten expenditures for California. | |||||||||||
7 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 2018-19. (This table was prepared September 2021.) |