Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by function and subfunction: Selected school years, 1990-91 through 2020-21

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Table 236.20.Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by function and subfunction: Selected school years, 1990-91 through 2020-21
Function and subfunction	Expenditures in thousands of unadjusted dollars¹									Expenditures in thousands of constant 2022–23 dollars²									Percentage distribution of current expenditures for public schools
Function and subfunction	1990-91		2000-01	2010-11	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19³	2019-20^3,4	2020-21^3,4	1990-91		2000-01	2010-11	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19³	2019-20^3,4	2020-21^3,4	1990-91	2000-01	2010-11	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19³	2019-20^3,4	2020-21^3,4
1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Total expenditures	$229,429,715		$410,811,185	$604,355,852	$706,822,581	$734,579,608	$769,124,638	$794,004,945	$813,615,452	$513,427,302		$703,138,636	$819,208,653	$872,939,986	$887,220,565	$910,083,852	$925,052,957	$926,571,993	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Current expenditures for public schools	202,037,752		348,360,841	527,291,339	619,290,762	639,698,559	666,951,524	682,555,528	703,472,477	452,128,435		596,249,507	714,747,158	764,836,444	772,623,839	789,185,241	795,209,165	801,137,557	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Salaries	132,730,931	⁵	224,305,806	311,541,792	349,917,515	356,438,529	368,864,061	381,733,588	389,164,903	297,030,766	⁵	383,918,657	422,297,114	432,155,110	430,504,182	436,466,613	444,737,512	443,193,771	65.70	64.39	59.08	56.50	55.72	55.31	55.93	55.32
Employee benefits	33,954,456	⁵	57,976,490	111,750,200	145,431,794	152,591,250	161,373,820	166,249,822	169,672,886	75,984,685	⁵	99,231,744	151,478,190	179,611,167	184,298,738	190,949,166	193,688,831	193,229,054	16.81	16.64	21.19	23.48	23.85	24.20	24.36	24.12
Purchased services	16,380,643	⁵	31,778,754	53,498,786	66,989,885	71,525,900	75,307,541	75,069,903	76,997,377	36,657,280	⁵	54,392,067	72,517,984	82,733,844	86,388,526	89,109,324	87,459,954	87,687,141	8.11	9.12	10.15	10.82	11.18	11.29	11.00	10.95
Tuition	1,192,505	⁵	2,458,366	4,988,203	6,123,806	8,615,317	9,009,369	8,989,820	8,960,468	2,668,638	⁵	4,207,705	6,761,544	7,563,022	10,405,525	10,660,537	10,473,561	10,204,475	0.59	0.71	0.95	0.99	1.35	1.35	1.32	1.27
Supplies	14,805,956	⁵	28,262,078	40,417,163	44,779,311	45,312,784	46,773,512	44,730,129	52,811,622	33,133,380	⁵	48,372,974	54,785,752	55,303,343	54,728,492	55,345,799	52,112,696	60,143,609	7.33	8.11	7.67	7.23	7.08	7.01	6.55	7.51
Other	2,973,261	⁵	3,579,347	5,095,195	6,048,451	5,214,778	5,623,221	5,782,267	5,865,221	6,653,686	⁵	6,126,360	6,906,573	7,469,958	6,298,376	6,653,801	6,736,612	6,679,506	1.47	1.03	0.97	0.98	0.82	0.84	0.85	0.83

Instruction	122,223,362		214,333,003	322,536,983	376,060,333	387,956,966	403,039,543	412,869,146	427,135,945	273,516,493		366,849,348	437,201,173	464,442,012	468,571,948	476,905,513	481,011,896	486,436,440	60.50	61.53	61.17	60.72	60.65	60.43	60.49	60.72
Salaries	90,742,284		154,512,089	212,998,609	236,757,580	240,318,766	247,799,019	255,532,710	260,831,096	203,066,836		264,460,714	288,721,128	292,400,334	290,255,472	293,213,706	297,707,577	297,043,017	44.91	44.35	40.39	38.23	37.57	37.15	37.44	37.08
Employee benefits	22,347,524		39,522,678	75,248,811	98,358,134	102,866,710	108,695,649	111,462,323	113,641,307	50,010,212		67,646,459	102,000,298	121,474,257	124,241,756	128,616,547	129,858,828	129,418,452	11.06	11.35	14.27	15.88	16.08	16.30	16.33	16.15
Purchased services	2,722,639		6,430,708	14,694,620	18,480,831	19,648,067	20,440,065	20,309,787	21,413,238	6,092,834		11,006,710	19,918,662	22,824,195	23,730,810	24,186,161	23,661,853	24,386,099	1.35	1.85	2.79	2.98	3.07	3.06	2.98	3.04
Tuition	1,192,505		2,458,366	4,988,203	6,123,806	8,615,317	9,009,369	8,989,820	8,960,468	2,668,638		4,207,705	6,761,544	7,563,022	10,405,525	10,660,537	10,473,561	10,204,475	0.59	0.71	0.95	0.99	1.35	1.35	1.32	1.27
Supplies	4,584,754		10,377,554	13,135,284	14,902,855	15,042,402	15,578,373	15,283,054	20,953,489	10,259,952		17,762,076	17,804,971	18,405,324	18,168,117	18,433,457	17,805,474	23,862,522	2.27	2.98	2.49	2.41	2.35	2.34	2.24	2.98
Textbooks	---		---	2,324,846	2,636,445	2,762,925	2,489,567	2,565,432	2,728,541	---		---	3,151,345	3,256,062	3,337,043	2,945,836	2,988,849	3,107,352	---	---	0.44	0.43	0.43	0.37	0.38	0.39
Other	633,656		1,031,608	1,471,457	1,437,126	1,465,704	1,517,068	1,291,453	1,336,346	1,418,021		1,765,685	1,994,571	1,774,880	1,770,268	1,795,105	1,504,604	1,521,874	0.31	0.30	0.28	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.19	0.19

Student support⁶	8,926,010		17,292,756	29,368,646	35,986,987	37,990,729	40,915,351	43,034,967	45,598,403	19,974,993		29,598,038	39,809,408	44,444,647	45,884,960	48,414,001	50,137,752	51,928,959	4.42	4.96	5.57	5.81	5.94	6.13	6.30	6.48
Salaries	6,565,965		12,354,464	19,367,865	22,588,875	23,551,757	25,165,734	26,711,371	28,005,227	14,693,588		21,145,726	26,253,279	27,897,711	28,445,662	29,777,915	31,119,998	31,893,272	3.25	3.55	3.67	3.65	3.68	3.77	3.91	3.98
Employee benefits	1,660,082		3,036,037	6,533,691	9,138,253	9,837,902	10,732,634	11,421,448	12,041,788	3,715,000		5,196,439	8,856,464	11,285,924	11,882,156	12,699,629	13,306,522	13,713,584	0.82	0.87	1.24	1.48	1.54	1.61	1.67	1.71
Purchased services	455,996		1,328,600	2,583,714	3,389,778	3,683,378	4,038,487	3,938,756	4,165,951	1,020,447		2,274,014	3,502,242	4,186,443	4,448,760	4,778,630	4,588,835	4,744,321	0.23	0.38	0.49	0.55	0.58	0.61	0.58	0.59
Supplies	191,482		421,838	521,729	645,146	678,122	724,581	733,507	1,192,371	428,507		722,012	707,207	796,769	819,032	857,377	854,571	1,357,912	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.17
Other	52,485		151,817	361,647	224,935	239,569	253,914	229,884	193,066	117,452		259,847	490,215	277,800	289,350	300,450	267,826	219,870	0.03	0.04	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03

Instructional staff support⁷	8,467,142		15,926,856	24,893,140	29,171,944	30,548,998	32,198,480	34,442,514	35,773,161	18,948,120		27,260,182	33,742,828	36,027,933	36,896,885	38,099,569	40,127,143	40,739,651	4.19	4.57	4.72	4.71	4.78	4.83	5.05	5.09
Salaries	5,560,129		9,790,767	14,490,521	16,712,346	17,007,052	17,685,818	18,970,563	19,397,768	12,442,686		16,757,739	19,642,004	20,640,080	20,541,009	20,927,138	22,101,594	22,090,815	2.75	2.81	2.75	2.70	2.66	2.65	2.78	2.76
Employee benefits	1,408,217		2,356,440	4,933,118	6,356,988	6,689,297	7,176,000	7,574,281	7,787,596	3,151,366		4,033,250	6,686,876	7,851,007	8,079,290	8,491,161	8,824,392	8,868,770	0.70	0.68	0.94	1.03	1.05	1.08	1.11	1.11
Purchased services	622,487		2,003,598	3,438,979	3,966,070	4,688,044	4,987,202	5,415,331	5,227,782	1,393,028		3,429,329	4,661,561	4,898,175	5,662,190	5,901,218	6,309,114	5,953,570	0.31	0.58	0.65	0.64	0.73	0.75	0.79	0.74
Supplies	776,863		1,566,954	1,810,950	1,921,032	1,915,631	2,075,853	2,181,813	3,070,893	1,738,497		2,681,976	2,454,755	2,372,513	2,313,687	2,456,299	2,541,915	3,497,234	0.38	0.45	0.34	0.31	0.30	0.31	0.32	0.44
Other	99,445		209,097	219,573	215,509	248,974	273,607	300,526	289,122	222,542		357,888	297,632	266,157	300,709	323,752	350,127	329,262	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04

General administration	5,791,253		7,108,291	10,494,526	12,239,087	11,831,435	12,488,926	13,283,112	13,706,226	12,959,906		12,166,451	14,225,404	15,115,517	14,289,932	14,777,800	15,475,447	15,609,100	2.87	2.04	1.99	1.98	1.85	1.87	1.95	1.95
Salaries	2,603,562		3,351,554	4,401,697	5,074,530	5,025,399	5,288,269	5,478,525	5,547,672	5,826,360		5,736,473	5,966,532	6,267,145	6,069,645	6,257,462	6,382,739	6,317,871	1.29	0.96	0.83	0.82	0.79	0.79	0.80	0.79
Employee benefits	777,381		1,000,698	1,856,221	2,244,535	2,264,354	2,370,266	2,468,652	2,489,294	1,739,655		1,712,780	2,516,120	2,772,046	2,734,873	2,804,670	2,876,096	2,834,890	0.38	0.29	0.35	0.36	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.35
Purchased services	1,482,427		2,099,032	3,236,857	3,835,212	3,509,143	3,731,506	4,215,845	4,400,941	3,317,436		3,592,673	4,387,583	4,736,563	4,238,321	4,415,387	4,911,657	5,011,936	0.73	0.60	0.61	0.62	0.55	0.56	0.62	0.63
Supplies	172,898		206,137	228,417	276,956	294,059	311,731	329,154	401,421	386,919		352,822	309,621	342,046	355,162	368,863	383,480	457,152	0.09	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06
Other	754,985		450,870	771,334	807,854	738,480	787,154	790,935	866,898	1,689,536		771,703	1,045,548	997,716	891,931	931,418	921,476	987,252	0.37	0.13	0.15	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12

School administration	11,695,344		19,580,890	28,660,307	34,576,316	36,471,499	37,909,378	38,996,334	40,265,777	26,172,324		33,514,376	38,849,250	42,702,440	44,050,044	44,857,115	45,432,556	45,855,989	5.79	5.62	5.44	5.58	5.70	5.68	5.71	5.72
Salaries	8,935,903		14,817,213	20,191,545	23,537,255	24,554,148	25,413,676	26,193,379	26,994,062	19,997,134		25,360,932	27,369,783	29,068,979	29,656,343	30,071,298	30,516,513	30,741,724	4.42	4.25	3.83	3.80	3.84	3.81	3.84	3.84
Employee benefits	2,257,783		3,689,689	6,972,708	9,226,592	10,030,331	10,649,444	10,946,003	11,178,326	5,052,560		6,315,220	9,451,555	11,395,025	12,114,570	12,601,192	12,752,606	12,730,245	1.12	1.06	1.32	1.49	1.57	1.60	1.60	1.59
Purchased services	247,750		611,638	931,765	1,147,360	1,212,338	1,172,011	1,201,384	1,324,086	554,425		1,046,872	1,263,014	1,417,012	1,464,254	1,386,808	1,399,669	1,507,912	0.12	0.18	0.18	0.19	0.19	0.18	0.18	0.19
Supplies	189,711		369,257	426,864	487,105	494,906	492,095	477,230	551,436	424,543		632,015	578,617	601,585	597,744	582,282	555,996	627,994	0.09	0.11	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.08
Other	64,197		93,093	137,426	178,004	179,777	182,152	178,338	217,867	143,662		159,337	186,281	219,838	217,133	215,535	207,772	248,114	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03

Operation and maintenance	21,290,655		34,034,158	50,214,709	57,586,428	59,369,464	61,488,333	61,910,342	65,478,934	47,645,107		58,252,386	68,066,395	71,120,387	71,706,060	72,757,440	72,128,448	74,569,560	10.54	9.77	9.52	9.30	9.28	9.22	9.07	9.31
Salaries	8,849,559		13,461,242	17,604,634	19,288,396	18,995,169	19,614,742	20,192,367	20,554,783	19,803,910		23,040,072	23,863,206	23,821,553	22,942,244	23,209,580	23,525,053	23,408,462	4.38	3.86	3.34	3.11	2.97	2.94	2.96	2.92
Employee benefits	2,633,075		3,778,520	7,195,927	8,797,305	8,798,724	9,129,606	9,417,425	9,737,834	5,892,404		6,467,262	9,754,130	10,864,847	10,627,042	10,802,810	10,971,742	11,089,765	1.30	1.08	1.36	1.42	1.38	1.37	1.38	1.38
Purchased services	5,721,125		9,642,217	13,351,922	17,039,571	18,663,227	19,529,872	19,503,871	20,429,933	12,802,969		16,503,483	18,098,625	21,044,210	22,541,326	23,109,156	22,722,923	23,266,278	2.83	2.77	2.53	2.75	2.92	2.93	2.86	2.90
Supplies	3,761,738		6,871,845	11,638,187	12,066,776	12,501,354	12,774,851	12,287,364	14,088,761	8,418,173		11,761,752	15,775,645	14,902,708	15,099,056	15,116,127	14,315,355	16,044,744	1.86	1.97	2.21	1.95	1.95	1.92	1.80	2.00
Other	325,157		280,334	424,039	394,382	410,991	439,262	509,315	667,623	727,650		479,816	574,788	487,069	496,392	519,767	593,375	760,311	0.16	0.08	0.08	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.09

Student transportation	8,678,954		14,052,654	22,370,807	25,350,714	26,506,231	27,952,536	26,219,512	24,648,195	19,422,123		24,052,325	30,323,788	31,308,638	32,014,057	33,075,460	30,546,960	28,070,174	4.30	4.03	4.24	4.09	4.14	4.19	3.84	3.50
Salaries	3,285,127		5,406,092	7,527,611	8,513,077	8,752,325	9,097,094	9,122,966	8,575,592	7,351,594		9,252,990	10,203,730	10,513,819	10,571,003	10,764,339	10,628,682	9,766,166	1.63	1.55	1.43	1.37	1.37	1.36	1.34	1.22
Employee benefits	892,985		1,592,127	3,124,937	3,809,158	4,048,487	4,181,853	4,192,790	4,067,596	1,998,358		2,725,062	4,235,874	4,704,386	4,889,737	4,948,270	4,884,797	4,632,312	0.44	0.46	0.59	0.62	0.63	0.63	0.61	0.58
Purchased services	3,345,232		5,767,462	9,153,621	10,808,056	11,251,280	12,021,555	10,824,407	10,108,561	7,486,099		9,871,507	12,407,798	13,348,165	13,589,225	14,224,773	12,610,942	11,511,961	1.66	1.66	1.74	1.75	1.76	1.80	1.59	1.44
Supplies	961,447		1,159,350	2,370,182	1,968,836	2,185,422	2,362,140	1,813,280	1,654,983	2,151,566		1,984,327	3,212,799	2,431,551	2,639,539	2,795,055	2,112,556	1,884,749	0.48	0.33	0.45	0.32	0.34	0.35	0.27	0.24
Other	194,163		127,623	194,456	251,588	268,716	289,894	266,068	241,463	434,507		218,438	263,587	310,717	324,554	343,024	309,982	274,986	0.10	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.03

Other support services⁸	5,587,837		11,439,134	17,246,807	22,978,894	23,431,128	24,794,067	26,581,709	28,527,978	12,504,693		19,579,060	23,378,169	28,379,392	28,299,967	29,338,132	30,968,936	32,488,598	2.77	3.28	3.27	3.71	3.66	3.72	3.89	4.06
Salaries	2,900,394		5,521,381	8,139,084	9,878,452	10,387,465	10,725,872	11,245,566	11,747,613	6,490,622		9,450,317	11,032,587	12,200,085	12,545,914	12,691,626	13,101,611	13,378,567	1.44	1.58	1.54	1.60	1.62	1.61	1.65	1.67
Employee benefits	980,859		1,594,540	3,295,052	4,313,616	4,698,094	4,977,424	5,171,544	5,401,807	2,195,008		2,729,192	4,466,466	5,327,402	5,674,328	5,889,648	6,025,091	6,151,755	0.49	0.46	0.62	0.70	0.73	0.75	0.76	0.77
Purchased services	798,922		2,783,176	3,876,650	5,444,992	5,887,816	6,258,634	6,661,013	7,253,462	1,787,860		4,763,645	5,254,827	6,724,674	7,111,266	7,405,668	7,760,392	8,260,480	0.40	0.80	0.74	0.88	0.92	0.94	0.98	1.03
Supplies	294,527		626,889	876,293	1,336,046	1,320,047	1,456,368	1,687,722	2,481,760	659,105		1,072,975	1,187,821	1,650,044	1,594,345	1,723,280	1,966,275	2,826,310	0.15	0.18	0.17	0.22	0.21	0.22	0.25	0.35
Other	613,135		913,148	1,059,728	2,005,787	1,137,706	1,375,770	1,815,864	1,643,336	1,372,099		1,562,931	1,436,469	2,477,188	1,374,114	1,627,910	2,115,567	1,871,485	0.30	0.26	0.20	0.32	0.18	0.21	0.27	0.23

Food services	8,430,490		13,816,635	20,394,768	24,094,865	24,346,471	24,970,033	24,109,114	21,403,657	18,866,100		23,648,358	27,645,253	29,757,639	29,405,513	29,546,348	28,088,247	24,375,187	4.17	3.97	3.87	3.89	3.81	3.74	3.53	3.04
Salaries	---		4,966,092	6,482,085	7,215,565	7,488,865	7,696,975	7,920,778	7,189,697	---		8,499,893	8,786,512	8,911,367	9,045,003	9,107,617	9,228,078	8,187,864	---	1.43	1.23	1.17	1.17	1.15	1.16	1.02
Employee benefits	---		1,381,923	2,492,673	3,055,701	3,213,469	3,313,055	3,437,578	3,188,907	---		2,365,280	3,378,837	3,773,851	3,881,207	3,920,247	4,004,939	3,631,633	---	0.40	0.47	0.49	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.45
Purchased services	---		923,091	2,058,018	2,670,247	2,784,357	2,949,142	2,819,783	2,521,596	---		1,579,950	2,789,658	3,297,808	3,362,929	3,489,637	3,285,179	2,871,677	---	0.26	0.39	0.43	0.44	0.44	0.41	0.36
Supplies	---		6,420,201	9,118,886	10,843,858	10,561,737	10,701,487	9,668,243	8,169,719	---		10,988,726	12,360,714	13,392,380	12,756,399	12,662,773	11,263,956	9,303,945	---	1.84	1.73	1.75	1.65	1.60	1.42	1.16
Other	---		125,327	243,105	309,495	298,044	309,374	262,732	333,736	---		214,509	329,531	382,233	359,975	366,074	306,095	380,070	---	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05

Enterprise operations⁹	946,705		776,463	1,110,646	1,245,194	1,245,638	1,194,876	1,108,779	934,201	2,118,576		1,328,983	1,505,489	1,537,840	1,504,474	1,413,864	1,291,780	1,063,898	0.47	0.22	0.21	0.20	0.19	0.18	0.16	0.13
Salaries	---		124,913	338,141	351,440	357,583	376,863	365,365	321,393	---		213,799	458,353	434,036	431,886	445,932	425,667	366,012	---	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.05
Employee benefits	---		23,837	97,063	131,513	143,882	147,889	157,777	138,431	---		40,800	131,569	162,421	173,780	174,993	183,818	157,649	---	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Purchased services	---		189,230	172,641	207,769	198,251	179,067	179,726	151,828	---		323,884	234,015	256,599	239,446	211,885	209,389	172,907	---	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02
Supplies	---		242,052	290,372	330,702	319,104	296,032	268,761	246,786	---		414,293	393,601	408,423	385,411	350,286	313,119	281,048	---	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04
Other	---		196,430	212,430	223,771	226,818	195,025	137,151	75,764	---		336,207	287,950	276,361	273,950	230,768	159,787	86,282	---	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.01

Current expenditures for other programs	3,295,717		6,063,700	8,161,474	7,894,977	8,224,089	8,600,902	8,728,670	9,098,400	7,375,292		10,378,544	11,062,936	9,750,454	9,933,002	10,177,209	10,169,309	10,361,557	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Community services	964,370		2,426,189	3,269,802	3,568,183	3,705,464	3,873,982	3,939,350	4,461,829	2,158,108		4,152,631	4,432,240	4,406,777	4,475,436	4,583,976	4,589,527	5,081,277	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Private school programs	527,609		1,026,695	1,427,539	1,674,995	1,659,578	1,760,243	1,763,511	1,747,894	1,180,705		1,757,276	1,935,039	2,068,652	2,004,428	2,082,847	2,054,573	1,990,559	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Adult education	1,365,523		1,838,265	2,013,156	2,047,591	2,230,721	2,390,736	2,315,613	2,194,473	3,055,823		3,146,349	2,728,848	2,528,816	2,694,250	2,828,892	2,697,798	2,499,138	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Community colleges	5,356		351	34,045	10,659	10,574	12,499	20,233	24,301	11,986		600	46,149	13,164	12,772	14,790	23,572	27,675	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Other	432,858		772,200	1,416,931	593,549	617,751	563,441	689,962	669,904	968,669		1,321,687	1,920,660	733,045	746,116	666,704	803,838	762,908	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

Capital outlay¹⁰	19,771,478		46,220,704	50,968,815	61,298,365	67,247,783	73,129,514	81,292,797	79,375,321	44,245,431		79,110,706	69,088,591	75,704,703	81,221,444	86,532,126	94,709,917	90,395,222	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Public schools	19,655,496		46,078,494	50,888,951	61,138,248	67,083,487	72,972,204	81,123,316	79,194,522	43,985,882		78,867,302	68,980,334	75,506,956	81,023,007	86,345,985	94,512,463	90,189,322	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Other current expenditures	115,982		142,210	79,864	160,117	164,297	157,310	169,481	180,799	259,549		243,404	108,257	197,748	198,437	186,141	197,453	205,900	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

Interest on school debt	4,324,768		10,165,940	17,934,224	18,338,477	19,409,177	20,442,697	21,427,950	21,669,253	9,678,145		17,399,879	24,309,969	22,648,385	23,442,280	24,189,277	24,964,566	24,677,657	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
¹Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.
²Constant 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.
³Excludes prekindergarten expenditures for California.
⁴Includes 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.
⁵Includes estimated data for subfunctions of food services and enterprise operations.
⁶Includes expenditures for guidance, health, attendance, and speech pathology services.
⁷Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.
⁸Includes 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.
⁹Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time). Includes very small amounts for direct program support made by state education agencies for local school districts.
¹⁰Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Excludes expenditures for state education agencies. 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, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1990-91 through 2020-21. (This table was prepared September 2023.)

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