Table 236.10.

Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by function: Selected school years, 1919-20 through 2019-20

School year	Total expenditures	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education						Current expenditures for other programs1	Capital outlay		Interest on school debt
		Total	Instruction2	Administration2	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	734,579,608	639,698,559	387,956,966	48,302,934	59,369,464	144,069,195	---	8,224,089	67,247,783		19,409,177
2018-196	769,124,638	666,951,524	403,039,543	50,398,304	61,488,333	152,025,344	---	8,600,902	73,129,514		20,442,697
2019-206	793,718,886	682,217,081	412,616,246	52,253,311	61,895,001	155,452,524	---	8,739,021	81,334,789		21,427,996
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2021-22 dollars7
1919-20	$15,332,964	$12,742,855	$9,360,565	$543,856	$2,162,565	$538,455	$137,414	$48,493	$2,272,130	5	$269,501
1929-30	38,172,928	30,375,553	21,711,721	1,296,382	4,858,666	1,680,503	828,281	161,883	6,110,825	5	1,524,683
1939-40	47,304,544	39,186,859	28,319,270	1,847,967	5,402,090	2,606,155	1,011,376	269,755	5,206,095	5	2,641,835
1949-50	69,515,668	55,816,874	37,062,286	2,620,394	7,642,082	5,378,482	3,113,618	424,098	12,076,984	5	1,197,700
1959-60	149,858,146	118,339,151	80,151,525	5,071,732	14,470,362	9,917,726	8,727,806	1,272,387	25,548,186		4,698,422
1969-70	303,739,358	255,467,266	173,733,213	11,995,096	26,221,801	19,126,620	24,390,574	4,746,856	34,784,274		8,740,969
1979-80	348,607,770	315,994,732	193,474,663	15,489,315	35,400,714	28,785,208	42,844,833	2,170,898	23,635,509		6,806,627
1989-90	472,584,284	418,077,827	252,207,768	36,308,440	45,002,801	84,558,817	---	6,624,552	39,494,290		8,387,619
1999-2000	636,109,285	539,570,195	333,129,593	41,779,938	51,960,329	112,700,332	---	9,090,915	72,229,316		15,218,861
2000-01	661,705,548	561,114,959	345,232,414	42,989,043	54,819,811	118,073,691	---	9,766,978	74,449,035		16,374,575
2008-09	801,868,764	681,779,922	415,271,897	50,991,747	66,426,311	149,089,968	---	11,120,043	86,569,189		22,399,609
2009-10	789,878,975	682,782,617	417,977,045	50,712,996	65,093,329	148,999,247	---	10,872,885	73,800,049		22,423,425
2010-11	770,933,984	672,628,239	411,437,600	49,947,049	64,055,350	147,188,239	---	10,411,015	65,017,309		22,877,421
2011-12	746,061,906	653,377,798	397,814,455	48,943,082	61,760,412	144,859,849	---	10,148,334	60,470,618		22,065,155
2012-13	739,723,195	653,150,754	397,016,332	49,187,338	61,773,694	145,173,390	---	9,790,531	55,734,710		21,047,200
2013-14	750,197,894	664,357,279	403,807,026	49,857,345	63,676,304	147,016,604	---	9,513,774	55,739,062		20,587,779
2014-15	775,896,865	685,568,887	416,410,619	51,630,143	64,585,253	152,942,872	---	9,192,009	60,307,332		20,828,638
2015-16	802,027,137	705,676,254	429,780,712	53,562,224	65,152,425	157,180,894	---	9,366,980	66,269,868		20,714,034
2016-17	821,499,070	719,765,891	437,073,209	54,410,840	66,929,380	161,352,463	---	9,175,876	71,243,550		21,313,753
2017-18	834,937,951	727,094,243	440,959,687	54,902,086	67,480,526	163,751,943	---	9,347,664	76,435,182		22,060,861
2018-196	856,453,938	742,679,705	448,802,167	56,120,716	68,469,950	169,286,873	---	9,577,481	81,432,914		22,763,838
2019-206	870,227,302	747,977,578	452,389,289	57,290,129	67,861,204	170,436,955	---	9,581,396	89,174,839		23,493,490
	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	6.6	8.1	19.6	---	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
2019-206	100.0	86.0	52.0	6.6	7.8	19.6	---	1.1	10.2		2.7

---Not available.

1Includes expenditures for summer schools, adult education, community colleges, and community services.

2Data for 1989-90 and later are not comparable to figures prior to 1989-90.

3Includes 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.

4Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.

5Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local school housing authorities.

6Excludes prekindergarten expenditures for California.

7Constant 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 2019-20. (This table was prepared September 2022.)