Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2002–03, The Education Statistics Quarterly: Vol. 7, Issues 1 & 2, 2005

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Vol 7, Issues 1 & 2, Topic: Elementary and Secondary Education

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2002–03

By: Jason Hill and Frank Johnson

This article was excerpted from the Introduction and Selected Findings of the E.D. TAB of the same name. The universe data are from the "National Public Education Financial Survey" (NPEFS), part of the Common Core of Data (CCD). Technical notes and definitions from the original report have been omitted.

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Table 6. Current expenditures for instruction for public elementary and secondary schools, by type of expenditure, state, and outlying areas: School year 2002-03

State	[In thousands of dollars]
State	Total		Salaries		Employee benefits		Purchased services		Tuition to out-of-state and private schools		Instructional supplies		Other
United States	$237,731,734	¹	$168,828,934	¹	$45,947,180	¹	$7,289,623	¹	$3,298,588	¹	$11,294,271	¹	$1,073,139	¹

Alabama	2,818,526		1,979,767		530,508		74,940		1,628		219,288		12,396
Alaska	771,237		518,112		143,069		45,372		0		41,992		22,691
Arizona	3,530,858		2,506,569	¹	671,154	¹	101,526	¹	68,008	¹	163,709	¹	19,892	¹
Arkansas	1,786,323		1,282,075		280,711		50,660		3,671		157,189		12,017
California	29,170,269		20,548,956		5,596,635		850,615		615,502		1,555,769		2,792

Colorado	3,180,392		2,364,954		443,785		62,450		42,688		220,620		45,894
Connecticut	4,019,659		2,783,320		743,765		124,293		253,786		109,335		5,158
Delaware	693,970		473,465		160,279		13,161		6,557		31,708		8,799
District of Columbia	473,414		279,891		87,079		11,831		79,524		14,141		947
Florida	9,616,720		6,451,460		1,622,841		951,541		239		479,965		110,673

Georgia	7,367,694		5,343,778		1,535,410		108,902		3,716		368,600		7,287
Hawaii	888,473		628,259		174,755		28,228		2,690		44,225		10,317
Idaho	924,975		657,590		195,701		22,616		632		48,144		292
Illinois	10,320,227		7,507,171		1,925,826		239,329		235,211		396,136		16,554
Indiana	4,951,003		3,261,483		1,442,278		57,031		21		178,136		12,054

Iowa	2,174,018		1,582,285		444,273		56,911		17,087		71,025		2,436
Kansas	2,078,415		1,571,521		322,489		57,397		1,169		107,427		18,413
Kentucky	2,686,505		2,010,083		494,189		49,081		478		119,368		13,306
Louisiana	3,069,994		2,207,461		620,927		57,199		740		164,083		19,584
Maine	1,281,073		808,446		307,685		51,388		66,055		40,457		7,041

Maryland	4,934,017		3,409,666		1,055,203		107,728		207,197		142,771		11,452
Massachusetts	6,542,762		4,590,788		1,451,904		36,314		292,563		157,385		13,808
Michigan	8,929,871		5,978,301		2,251,300		338,487		127		325,071		36,585
Minnesota	4,404,702		3,180,600		852,050		156,024		34,870		158,353		22,805
Mississippi	1,707,391		1,229,621		317,134		41,021		4,789		107,961		6,866

Missouri	4,142,285	¹	3,020,805		655,388		108,336	¹	27,258	¹	308,578		21,920	¹
Montana	690,810		479,486		131,610		21,893		626		54,103		3,091
Nebraska	1,470,002		1,062,668		278,989		48,874		15,511		49,655		14,306
Nevada	1,408,570		959,395		292,228		23,572		265		66,601		66,508
New Hampshire	1,156,573		770,344		221,417		31,783		93,994		36,377		2,658

New Jersey	10,152,232		6,882,187		2,047,112		242,964		496,819		380,087		103,063
New Mexico	1,266,008		919,979		241,945		26,219		0		77,540		325
New York	23,721,563		16,980,488		4,973,883		893,203		204,731		665,614		3,644
North Carolina	5,574,861		4,307,889		805,555		117,705		0		338,096		5,617
North Dakota	427,511		301,152		87,473		13,572		1,094		22,345		1,875

Ohio	9,110,815		6,342,858		1,867,422		269,331		104,195		397,876		129,133
Oklahoma	2,203,126		1,602,392		404,457		32,428		0		157,301		6,549
Oregon	2,458,745		1,567,870		645,630		95,924		22,599		121,848		4,874
Pennsylvania	10,095,432		7,176,001		1,857,297		480,109		161,525		404,584		15,916
Rhode Island	1,064,304		739,961		234,364		8,146		56,512		23,401		1,921

South Carolina	2,915,986		2,093,030		575,609		70,932		234		149,800		26,380
South Dakota	498,922		349,991		90,500		21,841		5,947		28,890		1,753
Tennessee	3,647,986	¹	2,610,771		587,124		53,374		291	¹	382,532		13,893
Texas	18,347,986		14,088,723		2,137,116		535,880		37,469		1,398,826		149,972
Utah	1,518,242		1,041,674		368,343		27,676		295		74,741		5,512
Vermont	671,163		436,793		127,245		35,179		50,371		19,998		1,576
Virginia	5,661,332		4,218,653		1,065,839		110,321		2,222		260,582		3,715
Washington	4,381,186	¹	3,234,041		699,110		207,742		8,081	¹	199,704		32,509
West Virginia	1,444,689		949,554		416,838		22,805		401		54,824		267
Wisconsin	4,904,809		3,212,515		1,360,394		77,351		68,477		170,732		15,341
Wyoming	474,108		324,091		103,342		18,416		721		26,777		761

Outlying areas
American Samoa	24,662		15,725		3,040		2,858		0		2,253		785
Guam	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Northern Marianas	43,548		30,217		7,986		2,505		0		2,840		0
Puerto Rico	1,876,195		1,430,330		214,335		6,665		0		24,985		199,880
Virgin Islands	81,742		63,994		16,143		164		0		1,380		60

- Not available.

¹ Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. National totals do not include outlying areas. Both the District of Columbia and Hawaii have only one school district each; therefore, neither is comparable to other states.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2002-03.

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Table 7. Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary education and other related programs, by type of expenditure, state, and outlying areas: School year 2002-03

State	[In thousands of dollars]
State	Total		Current for public elementary/ secondary education		Facilities acquisition and construction	Replacement equipment		Other programs		Interest on debt

United States	$454,905,783	¹,²	$387,592,494	²	$42,806,889	$6,133,485	¹,²	$6,873,755	¹,²	$11,499,160

Alabama	5,305,144		4,657,643		401,473	33,051		106,661		106,315
Alaska	1,609,420		1,326,226		230,754	16,825		11,051		24,565
Arizona	7,050,421	¹	5,891,105		655,258	196,387	¹	42,109	¹	265,562
Arkansas	3,304,710		2,923,401		207,693	79,934		23,798		69,884
California	56,542,273		47,983,402		6,772,856	215,923		1,010,545		559,547

Colorado	6,704,415		5,551,506		687,619	137,717		53,074		274,499
Connecticut	7,334,520	¹	6,302,988		681,063	87,070	¹	122,087	¹	141,313
Delaware	1,342,095		1,127,745		170,368	8,567	²	17,846	²	17,569
District of Columbia	1,114,681		902,318		167,944	27,997		16,422		0
Florida	20,161,939		16,355,123		2,719,748	198,464		418,707		469,897

Georgia	13,586,716		11,630,576		1,515,260	197,603		61,048		182,229
Hawaii	1,657,914		1,489,092		32,883	31,278		50,252		54,410
Idaho	1,739,541		1,511,862		157,149	29,740		4,894		35,895
Illinois	20,658,276		17,271,301		2,225,747	502,318		127,354		531,557
Indiana	9,688,103		8,088,684		719,134	121,668		63,903		694,712

Iowa	4,203,671		3,652,022		371,002	88,038		28,279		64,330
Kansas	3,910,054		3,510,675		100,242	149,885		16,061		133,191
Kentucky	4,687,217		4,401,627		31,588	102,115		53,807		98,079
Louisiana	5,630,084		5,056,583		323,450	87,624		50,551		111,876
Maine	2,124,554		1,909,268		118,037	30,810		22,294		44,145

Maryland	8,734,564		7,933,055		617,971	69,006		22,844		91,688
Massachusetts	11,084,082		10,281,820		116,238	156,414		227,367		302,243
Michigan	19,291,044		15,674,698		2,297,337	267,942		381,464		669,603
Minnesota	8,720,326		6,867,403		1,024,833	140,667		330,091		357,332
Mississippi	3,156,153		2,853,531		121,198	89,169		24,716		67,539

Missouri	7,953,797	²	6,793,957	²	547,938	219,609		158,259		234,034
Montana	1,220,956		1,124,291		60,411	18,324		6,067		11,863
Nebraska	2,678,767		2,304,223		245,441	70,297	²	4,306	²	54,501
Nevada	3,012,227		2,251,044		486,310	90,795		15,529		168,549
New Hampshire	2,041,865		1,781,594		188,733	26,127		6,285		39,124

New Jersey	19,168,738		17,185,966		1,417,798	92,845	²	183,107	²	289,021
New Mexico	2,734,668		2,281,608		371,981	21,857		22,518		36,704
New York	39,903,445		34,546,965		2,815,123	361,545		1,442,295		737,518
North Carolina	10,104,266		8,766,968		946,775	63,592		46,078		280,854
North Dakota	810,960		716,007		55,160	24,734		6,226		8,834

Ohio	19,000,331		15,868,494		1,894,969	447,912		440,362		348,594
Oklahoma	4,144,802		3,804,570		224,110	47,946		15,948		52,228
Oregon	4,976,856		4,150,747		570,653	34,932		34,179		186,345
Pennsylvania	19,350,934		16,344,439		1,652,840	234,329		375,346		743,981
Rhode Island	1,746,150		1,647,587		17,431	14,185		37,659		29,288

South Carolina	6,028,152		4,888,250		807,133	69,159		72,231		191,379
South Dakota	998,417		851,429		84,127	38,371		2,762		21,727
Tennessee	6,499,907	²	5,674,773	²	521,042	119,784		42,072		142,236
Texas	36,903,089		30,399,603		4,368,741	395,242		276,742		1,462,762
Utah	2,991,570		2,366,897		415,790	49,073		71,100		88,710

Vermont	1,110,930		1,045,213		28,261	18,338		3,710		15,409
Virginia	10,487,025		9,208,329		846,658	222,728		63,288		146,022
Washington	8,927,605	²	7,359,566	²	1,075,313	125,979		42,793		323,954
West Virginia	2,557,190		2,349,833		97,800	65,941		33,080		10,537
Wisconsin	9,300,201		7,934,755		521,023	161,800		182,299		500,324
Wyoming	911,017		791,732		78,484	31,831		2,289		6,681

Outlying areas
American Samoa	54,744		47,566		2,864	1,112		3,201		0
Guam	—		—		—	—		—		—
Northern Marianas	51,249		50,843		374	31		1		0
Puerto Rico	2,632,580		2,541,385		212	19,174		53,394		18,415
Virgin Islands	133,034		125,405		4,680	1,239		1,710		0

- Not available.

¹ Value contains imputation for missing data. Imputed value is less than 2 percent of total expenditures in any one state.

² Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items.

³ Interest on debt expenditures is not made by the departments of education in these outlying areas.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2002-03.

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