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
		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.)