Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 236.30. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2018-19
[In thousands of dollars]
State or jurisdiction Total expenditures
Total Current expenditures for elementary and secondary programs Current expenditures for other programs1 Capital
outlay2
Interest on
school debt
Elementary/
secondary
current
expenditures,
total
Instruction Support services Food
services
Enter-
prise
opera-
tions3
Support services, total Student support4 Instruc-
tional staff5
General
adminis-
tration
School
adminis-
tration
Operation and
maintenance
Student
transpor-
tation
Other
support
services6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States $769,038,919 $666,865,401 $403,040,525 $237,657,567 $40,915,351 $32,122,553 $12,488,926 $37,909,378 $61,488,333 $27,938,958 $24,794,067 $24,974,691 $1,192,617 $8,599,919 $73,130,901 $20,442,697
Alabama 8,350,629 7,475,961 4,238,242 2,739,698 487,168 308,993 190,911 463,426 721,624 394,172 173,404 498,020 0 66,298 622,046 186,324
Alaska 2,571,459 2,408,810 1,281,961 1,039,453 186,647 200,411 35,208 147,353 294,425 81,599 93,809 76,151 11,246 7,463 125,159 30,027
Arizona 11,859,149 9,827,893 5,352,444 3,977,109 774,852 493,223 185,259 537,843 1,136,038 406,426 443,468 497,232 1,108 116,102 1,597,644 317,510
Arkansas 6,080,406 5,156,738 2,888,565 1,993,415 287,136 421,713 129,723 266,566 530,884 193,935 163,458 271,300 3,459 31,794 744,884 146,990
California7 100,092,748 85,566,797 50,911,363 31,475,056 5,580,615 5,333,686 879,601 5,628,490 8,226,091 1,880,341 3,946,234 2,958,162 222,216 1,055,889 10,299,180 3,170,881

Colorado
12,609,433 10,092,540 5,571,316 4,150,432 629,418 582,210 165,809 764,832 946,828 302,054 759,282 316,761 54,031 82,571 1,863,839 570,483
Connecticut 12,172,308 11,133,063 6,874,962 3,948,691 758,612 381,962 245,009 632,843 939,603 563,839 426,824 227,662 81,747 147,943 781,513 109,789
Delaware 2,360,866 2,204,611 1,360,870 759,280 119,908 40,871 32,112 138,474 220,395 117,301 90,220 84,462 0 67,681 64,261 24,313
District of Columbia 2,664,763 2,020,361 1,015,106 935,125 179,116 102,544 127,385 136,744 176,829 112,336 100,170 69,825 305 16,422 476,188 151,792
Florida 32,216,750 28,425,418 17,390,480 9,625,981 1,310,449 1,800,569 253,812 1,534,935 2,889,411 1,088,685 748,121 1,408,957 0 565,302 2,627,576 598,455

Georgia
22,214,682 19,798,793 11,959,427 6,783,032 1,110,480 1,033,812 268,851 1,257,988 1,485,805 944,908 681,188 998,222 58,112 39,969 2,149,475 226,444
Hawaii 3,214,009 2,924,320 1,700,085 1,079,519 307,230 93,047 12,120 208,219 301,622 67,492 89,789 144,715 0 18,390 271,300 0
Idaho 2,900,116 2,497,424 1,483,558 899,939 146,193 142,314 60,871 142,324 226,549 112,842 68,847 112,607 1,320 4,574 329,226 68,891
Illinois 36,424,722 32,207,915 19,796,139 11,615,303 2,331,037 1,235,359 1,229,833 1,667,887 2,604,187 1,450,738 1,096,264 796,472 0 196,176 2,973,153 1,047,479
Indiana 12,608,077 10,823,183 6,124,106 4,190,303 598,661 443,649 229,820 724,536 1,225,679 697,176 270,781 508,774 0 181,625 1,291,784 311,485

Iowa
7,221,197 6,143,589 3,678,798 2,193,889 367,929 388,683 154,784 346,458 527,107 222,148 186,779 264,453 6,449 42,232 913,000 122,375
Kansas 6,913,154 5,638,278 3,331,576 2,050,036 382,538 240,409 150,823 328,023 557,955 236,533 153,756 256,666 0 5,001 1,008,124 261,750
Kentucky 8,698,153 7,646,150 4,465,940 2,685,968 381,730 398,644 165,563 458,833 653,558 428,495 199,144 471,823 22,419 80,766 776,460 194,777
Louisiana 9,171,373 8,484,794 4,735,494 3,301,175 533,299 443,205 226,661 551,510 817,648 488,220 240,633 447,932 192 17,460 544,751 124,369
Maine 3,118,144 2,830,663 1,656,176 1,064,614 196,743 139,791 99,313 149,154 298,633 142,977 38,002 109,560 314 31,475 206,188 49,818

Maryland
15,800,061 13,968,752 8,842,283 4,733,001 647,653 705,045 105,176 911,487 1,240,200 738,644 384,796 393,469 0 41,793 1,595,106 194,409
Massachusetts 19,326,043 18,471,917 11,750,809 6,173,132 1,447,806 865,666 348,534 787,261 1,526,491 852,167 345,207 547,977 0 81,455 501,678 270,992
Michigan 20,996,066 18,128,540 10,314,393 7,170,351 1,484,239 959,062 390,971 1,015,068 1,613,821 765,398 941,791 643,797 0 306,069 1,766,413 795,043
Minnesota 14,933,697 11,824,723 7,651,398 3,660,162 354,298 581,814 461,025 473,227 804,346 700,942 284,510 484,179 28,984 574,492 2,104,179 430,302
Mississippi 4,779,070 4,361,150 2,471,563 1,633,986 234,607 198,465 153,023 260,616 452,724 215,111 119,440 255,392 208 30,996 330,980 55,945

Missouri
11,935,056 10,366,636 5,825,184 4,072,289 686,689 410,218 567,181 599,526 1,036,403 551,658 220,613 469,163 0 180,415 1,086,255 301,751
Montana 2,172,689 1,783,700 1,047,883 655,458 122,366 64,713 54,247 100,869 177,933 84,888 50,442 77,836 2,523 11,428 328,484 49,076
Nebraska 4,765,792 4,160,210 2,581,568 1,402,911 222,006 141,242 103,670 208,771 379,384 124,672 223,166 170,844 4,887 3,603 493,973 108,007
Nevada 5,580,753 4,495,961 2,626,269 1,690,581 254,714 254,849 71,377 329,753 425,976 172,990 180,922 179,046 65 25,203 862,152 197,438
New Hampshire 3,306,651 3,047,648 1,935,959 1,039,585 240,311 95,862 107,861 170,138 245,919 138,381 41,113 72,104 0 6,015 208,929 44,059

New Jersey
32,229,687 29,864,232 17,677,989 11,284,203 3,155,101 1,121,964 615,097 1,469,269 2,907,754 1,288,561 726,458 635,590 266,450 287,951 1,382,647 694,857
New Mexico 3,977,268 3,490,740 1,990,261 1,330,671 358,111 90,633 93,062 198,432 364,021 110,924 115,487 167,670 2,138 2,113 484,283 132
New York 72,395,151 65,549,087 45,071,063 19,213,749 2,133,386 1,915,755 357,528 3,201,209 5,542,497 3,532,996 2,530,379 1,264,242 34 1,767,630 3,289,417 1,789,017
North Carolina 16,647,814 15,213,245 9,513,255 4,961,022 852,742 498,824 274,529 933,082 1,298,705 630,398 472,742 738,968 0 66,401 1,346,777 21,391
North Dakota 1,869,274 1,597,597 959,672 518,188 65,392 55,034 68,269 82,357 137,125 65,308 44,703 75,254 44,483 16,596 211,900 43,181

Ohio
26,109,229 22,778,613 13,526,616 8,535,673 1,610,529 859,966 717,428 1,204,324 1,947,567 1,104,499 1,091,361 715,297 1,027 481,533 2,290,489 558,593
Oklahoma 7,361,192 6,432,157 3,627,722 2,371,909 445,401 261,901 198,898 357,594 666,524 193,606 247,986 378,831 53,695 27,764 820,200 81,071
Oregon 9,339,749 7,246,638 4,217,293 2,789,509 591,244 288,023 100,021 460,076 560,816 332,457 456,873 237,492 2,343 35,459 1,589,860 467,793
Pennsylvania 33,037,839 29,235,226 18,034,467 10,121,745 1,710,267 1,065,236 816,115 1,322,066 2,677,363 1,403,317 1,127,381 919,423 159,591 579,295 2,263,484 959,834
Rhode Island 2,742,160 2,515,700 1,513,624 932,824 267,071 97,901 36,452 122,154 191,051 112,773 105,424 68,635 617 60,349 129,047 37,063

South Carolina
10,542,408 8,585,210 4,704,829 3,434,576 687,254 538,693 80,092 572,541 853,282 334,379 368,336 422,707 23,098 67,818 1,518,159 371,221
South Dakota 1,661,534 1,434,930 848,868 504,750 80,596 51,930 48,644 70,394 144,693 52,915 55,578 74,562 6,751 6,917 184,508 35,179
Tennessee 11,231,507 10,017,249 6,043,983 3,448,695 514,610 598,338 204,828 624,567 839,991 382,244 284,117 524,571 0 92,144 872,044 250,071
Texas 67,728,086 53,618,624 31,177,269 19,476,511 2,779,364 2,831,142 828,121 3,157,549 5,702,576 1,620,841 2,556,919 2,964,845 0 382,343 9,938,387 3,788,732
Utah 6,634,115 5,382,401 3,396,880 1,746,993 258,746 243,834 66,276 364,359 480,882 160,546 172,349 238,024 504 50,875 1,009,363 191,476

Vermont
1,926,771 1,847,486 1,153,171 642,569 146,255 79,162 37,057 120,668 144,243 63,990 51,194 49,205 2,541 12,434 56,563 10,288
Virginia 17,955,756 16,300,033 9,894,906 5,789,110 840,097 1,138,346 264,412 952,232 1,457,032 859,445 277,545 611,629 4,388 74,294 1,476,090 105,340
Washington 20,393,826 16,116,448 9,626,392 5,930,907 1,222,997 1,075,268 150,606 937,778 1,253,562 620,752 669,943 434,525 124,625 53,923 3,586,579 636,876
West Virginia 3,581,478 3,287,865 1,888,329 1,196,151 174,321 117,391 53,678 179,401 354,964 253,128 63,267 203,385 0 46,746 233,071 13,795
Wisconsin 12,897,721 10,904,913 6,399,181 4,116,239 562,928 615,549 241,450 553,801 1,125,808 465,511 551,191 389,436 57 446,710 1,322,319 223,779
Wyoming 1,718,339 1,530,465 910,839 572,098 94,489 75,632 29,834 82,370 153,810 73,301 62,661 46,839 689 4,022 181,814 2,038

Other jurisdictions
                               
American Samoa 78,751 65,702 32,641 14,925 28 7,353 776 4,946 0 526 1,296 18,135 0 1,620 11,430 0
Guam 325,933 293,766 139,795 132,351 28,848 17,481 3,790 17,162 36,770 7,160 21,140 21,620 0 0 29,330 2,837
Northern Marianas 95,137 89,470 41,914 34,884 8,794 8,416 2,976 5,738 4,437 1,765 2,759 12,672 0 4,097 1,570 0
Puerto Rico 2,547,894 2,420,595 1,025,384 1,064,733 276,818 104,823 66,700 101,227 327,686 95,696 91,782 330,478 0 56,771 70,528 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 178,632 178,471 110,667 59,348 13,736 4,559 11,070 10,300 4,857 8,110 6,716 8,030 425 162 0 0
1 Includes expenditures for adult education, community colleges, private school programs funded by local and state education agencies, and community services.
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). Also includes small amounts for direct program support made by state education agencies for local school districts.
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.
7 Excludes prekindergarten expenditures.
NOTE: Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. 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," 2018-19. (This table was prepared September 2021.)

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