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Table 236.80.Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by function and state or jurisdiction: School year 2019-20
State or jurisdictionCurrent expenditures, capital expenditures, and interest on school debt per pupil
Total1Current expendituresCapital outlay2Interest on school debt
TotalInstructionSupport servicesFood servicesEnterprise operations3
TotalStudent support4Instructional staff5General administrationSchool administrationOperation and maintenanceStudent transportationOther support services6
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   United States$15,524$13,496$8,163$4,834$851$681$263$771$1,224$518$526$477$22$1,604$424
Alabama11,20010,1405,8973,7106764222616419685012415330824235
Alaska19,67818,3139,7537,8941,4461,5042681,1292,211581755589781,159206
Arizona10,3798,6944,7543,5257044351674801,00333040741511,377308
Arkansas12,13910,3695,8004,0345838342645451,09737133952861,479291
California716,23213,8418,1335,1919278652169221,293294674479381,842549
 
Colorado14,46111,6476,3564,9027787082128811,074338910336532,129685
Connecticut22,58120,88912,8967,4621,5527424841,1971,7749927213861461,495197
Delaware18,11316,7779,6166,6101,8036171688761,69389355954921,166170
District of Columbia31,62223,75412,03311,1532,1511,1071,3511,7262,2041,4341,18056535,9521,916
Florida11,67110,3056,3213,510494652975581,06836627447401,142224
 
Georgia13,12611,6867,1163,996674610155761883523390546291,303137
Hawaii17,65216,5649,8155,9921,718537611,2061,64130952075801,0880
Idaho9,7688,3375,0092,96550446120247874733523935751,198233
Illinois19,66417,48310,8196,2571,3126616589131,37871562040701,644538
Indiana12,19510,7986,1804,1486084842207321,20056134347001,076321
 
Iowa14,46911,9867,1934,2767287473116931,025405367502142,222262
Kansas14,88511,9607,0764,3638495043217151,15546835252102,399526
Kentucky12,87311,3706,6473,979586605244681946606310712341,213290
Louisiana12,96012,0096,7244,6467656333257961,126658344638#773179
Maine17,58016,0679,4476,1171,1447875838701,76675421250221,210302
 
Maryland18,06915,92610,1595,3577628651169831,39279544441001,932211
Massachusetts20,87519,74712,6976,5141,5959423868571,5618043705370750378
Michigan14,18512,3237,0064,8631,0466612656941,05848165845401,299563
Minnesota16,84013,5028,7974,139413664496546884790346537302,831507
Mississippi10,8709,6145,5283,559525442331582985435260526#1,111145
 
Missouri13,15111,3976,4254,4947884436486701,13955525247801,401354
Montana14,52412,0657,0834,4568054173926971,236548361509172,105354
Nebraska14,98812,8297,9294,3636974033026511,199348763523131,756403
Nevada11,5659,5485,6083,575553597130721868344363364#1,613404
New Hampshire18,88717,82511,3586,0871,4385736471,0181,4187462463800815247
 
New Jersey23,00021,38512,8158,0032,2768014401,0662,0588305333891791,120495
New Mexico13,63511,6176,6154,4681,2162963376561,16337642353501,792226
New York27,50625,27317,2837,5377861,1841341,1722,1021,1501,010453#1,550683
North Carolina10,8999,9036,1873,233563334182623813392325483097719
North Dakota16,85414,2528,6194,6475855086037591,2055634246753122,302299
 
Ohio15,61713,7298,2025,1201,0015284397341,14562065240511,569319
Oklahoma10,6049,3955,3753,419650354284527979260364537651,083126
Oregon17,16012,8387,4664,9741,08249118083799855782839443,345976
Pennsylvania19,19517,17210,6425,9441,0346324997921,550756681491941,446577
Rhode Island18,44817,72510,8516,4501,9496542738401,3386347634213455268
 
South Carolina13,48811,1686,2134,4068756981067671,132324505526241,839481
South Dakota12,46110,3926,1283,6855973863665221,049363402533461,784285
Tennessee11,0499,9745,9993,4735416282106397903603065020832242
Texas13,19110,3946,0613,8155565511516131,09429455851802,096701
Utah10,3178,2875,2262,70243837910156572023326635811,736294
 
Vermont22,95622,12413,9807,5161,7928844211,3711,61272071759533720111
Virginia14,19712,9417,8654,6066939212277571,12964523446371,17284
Washington18,21314,5428,5975,5731,1431,0731428581,100528729301723,094576
West Virginia13,69912,6477,2734,5236994602006951,305916248852099754
Wisconsin14,91312,7947,5694,7756797392886621,25049766044901,799321
Wyoming18,56616,6659,8936,2581,0538153249001,68477970450681,88219
 
Other jurisdictions
  American Samoa
  Guam11,41211,2274,8405,6171,0288571576021,93925677777008896
  Northern Marianas---------------------------------------------
  Puerto Rico7,3777,2233,0383,3541,0711652142891,11318931383201540
  U.S. Virgin Islands15,69515,6959,8714,9041,1674716169794784697248942600
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per pupil in public schools.
2Includes expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors.
3Includes expenditures for operations funded by sales of products or services (e.g., school bookstore or computer time).
4Includes expenditures for guidance, health, attendance, and speech pathology services.
5Includes expenditures for curriculum development, staff training, libraries, and media and computer centers.
6Includes 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.
7Excludes prekindergarten expenditures and prekindergarten enrollment.
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," 2019-20. (This table was prepared August 2023.)

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