Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools, by source of funds and state or jurisdiction: School year 2020-21

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State or jurisdiction	Total (in thousands)	Federal¹			State		Local (including intermediate sources below the state level)
		Amount (in thousands)	Per pupil	Percent of total	Amount (in thousands)	Percent of total	Amount (in thousands)²	Percent of total	Property taxes		Other public revenue		Private³
		Amount (in thousands)	Per pupil	Percent of total	Amount (in thousands)	Percent of total	Amount (in thousands)²	Percent of total	Amount (in thousands)	Percent of total	Amount (in thousands)	Percent of total	Amount (in thousands)	Percent of total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
United States	$837,337,948	$88,410,942	$1,797	10.6	$383,806,597	45.8	$365,120,409	43.6	$301,559,895	36.0	$58,134,003	6.9	$5,426,510	0.6
Alabama	9,634,735	1,510,373	2,056	15.7	5,187,636	53.8	2,936,726	30.5	1,457,124	15.1	1,274,486	13.2	205,115	2.1
Alaska	2,635,433	436,807	3,363	16.6	1,634,812	62.0	563,815	21.4	292,770	11.1	261,962	9.9	9,082	0.3
Arizona	12,939,677	2,191,507	1,996	16.9	6,193,001	47.9	4,555,169	35.2	3,666,991	28.3	778,686	6.0	109,492	0.8
Arkansas	6,377,977	1,040,983	2,141	16.3	3,044,599	47.7	2,292,396	35.9	2,095,525	32.9	124,847	2.0	72,025	1.1
California	111,811,428	15,163,382	2,526	13.6	60,071,357	53.7	36,576,689	32.7	30,374,365	27.2	6,032,341	5.4	169,983	0.2

Colorado	13,390,422	1,599,927	1,812	11.9	5,013,783	37.4	6,776,712	50.6	5,991,889	44.7	610,552	4.6	174,270	1.3
Connecticut	12,433,278	671,481	1,319	5.4	4,484,299	36.1	7,277,497	58.5	7,125,638	57.3	30,335	0.2	121,523	1.0
Delaware	2,773,767	211,068	1,528	7.6	1,747,079	63.0	815,619	29.4	764,823	27.6	41,999	1.5	8,798	0.3
District of Columbia⁴	2,886,983	289,214	3,218	10.0	†	†	2,597,769	90.0	874,754	30.3	1,721,206	59.6	1,809	0.1
Florida	35,794,107	4,841,583	1,734	13.5	14,072,267	39.3	16,880,257	47.2	13,972,956	39.0	2,648,392	7.4	258,910	0.7

Georgia	25,099,557	3,068,755	1,774	12.2	10,706,159	42.7	11,324,643	45.1	7,521,046	30.0	3,532,631	14.1	270,967	1.1
Hawaii⁴	3,241,887	371,018	2,103	11.4	2,851,763	88.0	19,106	0.6	†	†	15,683	0.5	3,423	0.1
Idaho	3,269,320	530,336	1,724	16.2	2,023,230	61.9	715,755	21.9	597,806	18.3	69,924	2.1	48,025	1.5
Illinois	40,806,610	3,196,984	1,699	7.8	16,117,573	39.5	21,492,053	52.7	18,983,747	46.5	2,304,498	5.6	203,808	0.5
Indiana	14,517,671	1,282,480	1,240	8.8	8,740,711	60.2	4,494,480	31.0	3,846,950	26.5	454,121	3.1	193,409	1.3

Iowa	7,909,835	897,141	1,771	11.3	4,020,930	50.8	2,991,765	37.8	2,612,892	33.0	329,786	4.2	49,086	0.6
Kansas	7,448,284	683,749	1,419	9.2	4,920,069	66.1	1,844,466	24.8	1,277,488	17.2	507,594	6.8	59,384	0.8
Kentucky	9,218,839	1,343,277	2,039	14.6	4,753,615	51.6	3,121,948	33.9	2,418,747	26.2	628,528	6.8	74,672	0.8
Louisiana	10,326,354	1,627,228	2,348	15.8	4,078,383	39.5	4,620,744	44.7	1,983,429	19.2	2,466,044	23.9	171,271	1.7
Maine	3,590,060	497,014	2,882	13.8	1,411,382	39.3	1,681,664	46.8	1,633,828	45.5	36,554	1.0	11,282	0.3

Maryland	17,536,105	1,215,926	1,378	6.9	7,620,541	43.5	8,699,638	49.6	4,235,758	24.2	4,421,719	25.2	42,160	0.2
Massachusetts	21,032,128	1,290,317	1,400	6.1	8,328,725	39.6	11,413,086	54.3	10,874,122	51.7	342,822	1.6	196,142	0.9
Michigan	23,602,386	2,943,912	2,053	12.5	13,498,567	57.2	7,159,908	30.3	6,362,712	27.0	627,038	2.7	170,158	0.7
Minnesota	15,419,009	1,448,138	1,661	9.4	9,833,295	63.8	4,137,576	26.8	3,037,205	19.7	982,057	6.4	118,314	0.8
Mississippi	5,377,137	1,035,288	2,339	19.3	2,493,756	46.4	1,848,093	34.4	1,602,589	29.8	191,694	3.6	53,809	1.0

Missouri	13,121,987	1,645,054	1,864	12.5	3,911,448	29.8	7,565,485	57.7	6,131,650	46.7	1,275,046	9.7	158,789	1.2
Montana	2,258,752	429,703	2,938	19.0	909,788	40.3	919,260	40.7	631,336	28.0	256,617	11.4	31,307	1.4
Nebraska	5,145,527	497,506	1,532	9.7	1,596,679	31.0	3,051,342	59.3	2,475,930	48.1	481,249	9.4	94,162	1.8
Nevada	5,821,907	680,010	1,410	11.7	1,921,522	33.0	3,220,375	55.3	1,478,133	25.4	1,721,144	29.6	21,097	0.4
New Hampshire	3,543,958	252,513	1,535	7.1	1,093,913	30.9	2,197,532	62.0	2,147,714	60.6	40,563	1.1	9,255	0.3

New Jersey	35,669,779	1,899,244	1,382	5.3	16,224,441	45.5	17,546,094	49.2	16,786,493	47.1	486,236	1.4	273,365	0.8
New Mexico	4,751,119	596,816	1,884	12.6	3,356,381	70.6	797,922	16.8	683,616	14.4	80,626	1.7	33,679	0.7
New York	77,384,806	3,567,146	1,401	4.6	29,093,368	37.6	44,724,292	57.8	39,009,125	50.4	5,637,781	7.3	77,386	0.1
North Carolina	17,112,494	2,093,422	1,383	12.2	10,637,221	62.2	4,381,850	25.6	3,927,678	23.0	429,888	2.5	24,284	0.1
North Dakota	2,109,305	349,167	3,037	16.6	1,078,820	51.1	681,319	32.3	529,007	25.1	115,793	5.5	36,520	1.7

Ohio	27,616,830	2,681,945	1,630	9.7	10,983,197	39.8	13,951,689	50.5	11,678,982	42.3	1,965,310	7.1	307,397	1.1
Oklahoma	7,931,412	1,130,566	1,629	14.3	3,618,387	45.6	3,182,458	40.1	2,448,803	30.9	573,459	7.2	160,196	2.0
Oregon	9,863,772	819,250	1,461	8.3	5,316,328	53.9	3,728,193	37.8	3,196,267	32.4	510,040	5.2	21,887	0.2
Pennsylvania	35,182,434	3,265,898	1,916	9.3	13,056,288	37.1	18,860,248	53.6	15,183,459	43.2	3,565,032	10.1	111,756	0.3
Rhode Island	2,911,530	293,372	2,108	10.1	1,243,479	42.7	1,374,679	47.2	1,338,893	46.0	16,383	0.6	19,403	0.7

South Carolina	12,163,885	1,282,235	1,672	10.5	6,037,237	49.6	4,844,412	39.8	3,882,136	31.9	873,456	7.2	88,820	0.7
South Dakota	1,924,967	378,303	2,711	19.7	614,051	31.9	932,613	48.4	835,233	43.4	76,823	4.0	20,558	1.1
Tennessee	12,045,679	1,740,443	1,767	14.4	5,401,015	44.8	4,904,221	40.7	2,328,931	19.3	2,242,394	18.6	332,896	2.8
Texas	72,974,070	9,057,295	1,686	12.4	27,559,808	37.8	36,356,966	49.8	34,098,545	46.7	1,768,415	2.4	490,006	0.7
Utah	7,355,142	712,100	1,046	9.7	4,042,774	55.0	2,600,268	35.4	2,166,059	29.4	311,891	4.2	122,318	1.7

Vermont	1,986,906	206,938	2,511	10.4	1,739,914	87.6	40,054	2.0	122	#	32,997	1.7	6,935	0.3
Virginia	19,258,847	1,748,237	1,397	9.1	7,836,352	40.7	9,674,259	50.2	5,330,190	27.7	4,312,361	22.4	31,708	0.2
Washington	20,577,176	1,691,468	1,556	8.2	13,959,388	67.8	4,926,320	23.9	4,476,420	21.8	395,918	1.9	53,981	0.3
West Virginia	3,981,286	585,850	2,307	14.7	2,043,088	51.3	1,352,348	34.0	1,260,532	31.7	76,090	1.9	15,726	0.4
Wisconsin	13,639,483	1,184,125	1,427	8.7	6,708,045	49.2	5,747,313	42.1	5,398,818	39.6	268,724	2.0	79,771	0.6
Wyoming	1,931,908	234,448	2,527	12.1	976,133	50.5	721,327	37.3	530,672	27.5	184,264	9.5	6,391	0.3

Other jurisdictions⁴
American Samoa	77,985	54,265	5,296	69.6	23,720	30.4	0	0	†	†	0	0	0	0
Guam	346,872	116,798	4,248	33.7	†	†	230,074	66.3	†	†	230,074	66.3	0	#
Northern Marianas	97,733	81,124	---	83.0	16,609	17.0	0	0	†	†	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	2,383,989	751,875	2,720	31.5	1,631,653	68.4	461	#	†	†	0	0	461	#
U.S. Virgin Islands	383,175	218,994	19,921	57.2	†	†	164,182	42.8	†	†	164,180	42.8	1	#

---Not available.

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

¹Revenues from federal sources include amounts received from funds authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act of 2021, and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021. There is a lag between when the funds were appropriated and when local education agencies (LEAs) recorded the amounts as revenues.

²Includes other categories of revenue not separately shown.

³Includes tuition from individuals, transportation fees from individuals, food services (excluding federal reimbursements), district activities, textbook revenues, and summer school revenues.

⁴American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands have only one school district each.

NOTE: Excludes revenues for state education agencies. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data are reported as not applicable if there was no activity in a state or jurisdiction that would allow it to receive revenues from a given source of funds.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2020-21. (This table was prepared August 2023.)

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