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| Table 4. Percentage distribution of current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function, subfunction, and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2008 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current expenditures1 | |||||||||||||
| Support services2 | |||||||||||||
| State or jurisdiction | Instruction | Total | Student support services3 | Instruc- tional staff support |
General admini- stration |
School admini- stration |
Operations and main- tenance |
Student transpor- tation |
Other support services | Food services | Enterprise operations4 | ||
| United States5 | 60.8 | 35.2 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 0.2 | ||
| Alabama | 58.7 | 34.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Alaska | 58.2 | 38.7 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 12.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 0.4 | ||
| Arizona | 56.5 | 38.5 | 10.7 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 11.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 0.5 | ||
| Arkansas | 58.4 | 36.0 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 0.1 | ||
| California | 60.0 | 36.2 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 | ||
| Colorado | 57.9 | 38.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 0.5 | ||
| Connecticut | 62.7 | 33.9 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.9 | ||
| Delaware | 60.2 | 35.6 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 0.0 | ||
| District of Columbia6 | 53.7 | 41.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Florida | 60.2 | 35.4 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Georgia | 63.2 | 31.7 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 0.3 | ||
| Hawaii6 | 60.4 | 35.0 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Idaho | 61.0 | 34.2 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 9.4 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 4.8 | # | ||
| Illinois | 58.8 | 38.1 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Indiana | 54.3 | 41.6 | 4.2 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Iowa | 60.5 | 34.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 0.1 | ||
| Kansas | 60.1 | 35.4 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Kentucky | 59.3 | 34.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 0.2 | ||
| Louisiana | 58.9 | 35.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 5.4 | # | ||
| Maine | 64.1 | 32.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 10.4 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 3.3 | # | ||
| Maryland | 61.2 | 34.6 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.5 | ||
| Massachusetts | 65.1 | 32.1 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | ||
| Michigan | 56.7 | 40.1 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 10.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Minnesota | 64.4 | 31.0 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Mississippi | 58.9 | 35.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 5.9 | # | ||
| Missouri | 60.0 | 35.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Montana | 60.3 | 35.5 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 10.8 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 0.2 | ||
| Nebraska | 64.3 | 29.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 2.7 | ||
| Nevada | 59.4 | 36.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 10.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 | ||
| New Hampshire | 64.5 | 32.7 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | ||
| New Jersey | 59.4 | 37.7 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 10.2 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | ||
| New Mexico | 57.5 | 38.3 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 10.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 | ||
| New York | 68.9 | 29.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.0 | ||
| North Carolina | 63.6 | 30.6 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | ||
| North Dakota | 58.1 | 33.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 2.9 | ||
| Ohio | 57.2 | 39.5 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | # | ||
| Oklahoma | 57.7 | 35.7 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 11.0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 0.9 | ||
| Oregon | 58.4 | 38.1 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 3.5 | # | ||
| Pennsylvania | 60.7 | 35.4 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.4 | ||
| Rhode Island | 60.3 | 37.2 | 11.8 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | # | ||
| South Carolina | 57.1 | 37.5 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 9.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 0.3 | ||
| South Dakota | 58.1 | 36.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 10.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 0.5 | ||
| Tennessee | 63.1 | 31.9 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Texas | 59.8 | 35.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 11.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Utah | 65.0 | 29.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 0.5 | ||
| Vermont | 62.9 | 34.4 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | # | ||
| Virginia | 61.0 | 35.4 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 9.7 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 3.6 | # | ||
| Washington | 59.5 | 35.7 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | ||
| West Virginia | 59.2 | 35.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 0.0 | ||
| Wisconsin | 60.8 | 35.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 3.5 | # | ||
| Wyoming | 59.1 | 37.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 9.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | # | ||
| Other jurisdictions | |||||||||||||
| American Samoa | 49.1 | 27.4 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 23.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Guam | 56.5 | 37.2 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 0.7 | ||
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | 77.9 | 9.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 0.4 | — | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 11.2 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 67.7 | 24.9 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | — | 9.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 0.0 | ||
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 56.8 | 37.8 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 0.4 | ||
| — Not available. Data are reported in other support services data items and included in the total. | |||||||||||||
| # Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1 Include instruction, instruction-related, support services, and other elementary/secondary current expenditures, but exclude expenditures on capital outlay, other programs, and interest on long-term debt. | |||||||||||||
| 2 An expenditure function divided into seven subfunctions: student support services, instructional staff support, general administration, school administration, operations and maintenance, student transportation, and other support services. | |||||||||||||
| 3 Include attendance and social work, guidance, health, psychological services, speech pathology, audiology, and other student support services. | |||||||||||||
| 4 Include operations that are operated as a business and receipts from the operation are expected to fund the enterprise (e.g., school bookstores and certain after school activities). | |||||||||||||
| 5 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. | |||||||||||||
| 6 Both the District of Columbia and Hawaii have only one school district each; therefore, neither is comparable to other states. | |||||||||||||
| NOTE: 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 (NPEFS)," fiscal year 2008, Version 1a. | |||||||||||||
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