Expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by function: Selected school years, 1919-20 through 2020-21

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Table 236.10.Expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by function: Selected school years, 1919-20 through 2020-21
School year	Total expenditures	Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education						Current expenditures for other programs¹	Capital outlay		Interest on school debt
School year	Total expenditures	Total	Instruction²	Administration²	Operation and maintenance²	Other school services^2,3	Fixed charges	Current expenditures for other programs¹	Capital outlay		Interest on school debt
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
2019-20^6,7	794,004,945	682,555,528	412,869,146	52,279,446	61,910,342	155,496,595	---	8,728,670	81,292,797		21,427,950
2020-21^6,7	813,615,452	703,472,477	427,135,945	53,972,003	65,478,934	156,885,595	---	9,098,400	79,375,321		21,669,253
	Amounts in thousands of constant 2022-23 dollars⁸
1919-20	$16,293,363	$13,541,019	$9,946,875	$577,921	$2,298,020	$572,182	$146,021	$51,530	$2,414,447	⁵	$286,382
1929-30	40,562,436	32,276,969	23,070,808	1,377,532	5,162,804	1,785,697	880,129	172,016	6,493,344	⁵	1,620,123
1939-40	50,266,642	41,640,646	30,092,556	1,963,682	5,740,356	2,769,347	1,074,706	286,647	5,532,089	⁵	2,807,260
1949-50	73,869,613	59,312,828	39,383,592	2,784,516	8,120,726	5,715,350	3,308,632	450,660	12,833,397	⁵	1,272,715
1959-60	159,243,713	125,750,694	85,171,389	5,389,373	15,376,636	10,538,870	9,274,426	1,352,076	27,148,260	⁵	4,992,683

1969-70	322,758,793	271,464,019	184,611,974	12,746,200	27,863,747	20,324,284	25,917,854	5,044,093	36,962,382		9,288,307
1979-80	370,438,350	335,783,012	205,590,469	16,459,289	37,617,584	30,587,801	45,527,870	2,306,845	25,115,617		7,232,873
1989-90	502,176,387	444,256,865	268,000,418	38,581,989	47,820,769	89,853,689	---	7,039,365	41,967,328		8,912,831
1999-2000	675,939,604	573,355,667	353,988,679	44,396,011	55,213,852	119,757,123	---	9,660,147	76,751,993		16,171,798
2000-01	703,138,636	596,249,507	366,849,348	45,680,827	58,252,386	125,466,946	---	10,378,544	79,110,706		17,399,879

2008-09	852,078,885	724,470,515	441,274,721	54,184,666	70,585,686	158,425,442	---	11,816,340	91,989,838		23,802,192
2009-10	839,339,640	725,537,118	444,149,943	53,888,544	69,169,345	158,329,286	---	11,553,724	78,421,262		23,827,536
2010-11	819,208,653	714,747,158	437,201,173	53,074,654	68,066,395	156,404,935	---	11,062,936	69,088,591		24,309,969
2011-12	792,777,656	694,289,999	422,724,185	52,007,725	65,627,630	153,930,459	---	10,783,787	64,257,074		23,446,797
2012-13	786,044,034	694,050,500	421,877,157	52,267,408	65,641,910	154,264,025	---	10,403,605	59,224,770		22,365,158

2013-14	797,173,218	705,957,500	429,092,309	52,979,274	67,663,539	156,222,378	---	10,109,500	59,229,288		21,876,929
2014-15	824,480,229	728,496,296	442,484,482	54,863,003	68,629,307	162,519,505	---	9,767,573	64,083,520		22,132,839
2015-16	852,249,658	749,865,333	456,693,356	56,916,262	69,232,235	167,023,480	---	9,953,536	70,419,653		22,011,136
2016-17	872,939,986	764,836,444	464,442,012	57,817,957	71,120,387	171,456,088	---	9,750,454	75,704,703		22,648,385
2017-18	887,220,565	772,623,839	468,571,948	58,339,976	71,706,060	174,005,855	---	9,933,002	81,221,444		23,442,280

2018-19⁶	910,083,852	789,185,241	476,905,513	59,634,915	72,757,440	179,887,373	---	10,177,209	86,532,126		24,189,277
2019-20^6,7	925,052,957	795,209,165	481,011,896	60,908,003	72,128,448	181,160,817	---	10,169,309	94,709,917		24,964,566
2020-21^6,7	926,571,993	801,137,557	486,436,440	61,465,089	74,569,560	178,666,467	---	10,361,557	90,395,222		24,677,657
	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
2019-20^6,7	100.0	86.0	52.0	6.6	7.8	19.6	---	1.1	10.2		2.7
2020-21^6,7	100.0	86.5	52.5	6.6	8.0	19.3	---	1.1	9.8		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.
⁷Includes expenditures paid 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) of 2021.
⁸Constant 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 2020-21. (This table was prepared August 2023.)

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