Table 5. Current expenditures and percentage distribution of current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2008

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2007–08 (Fiscal Year 2008)

NCES 2010-326
May 2010

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Table 5. Current expenditures and percentage distribution of current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2008
	Current expenditures¹ [in thousands of dollars]										Percentage distribution
State or jurisdiction	Total		Instruction and instruction- related²		Student support services³		Admin- istration⁴		Operations⁵		Instruc- tion and instruc- tion- related²	Student support services³	Admin- istration⁴	Opera- tions⁵
United States⁶	$506,827,246	⁷	$333,598,810	⁷	$27,385,688	⁷	$54,571,056	⁷	$91,271,692	⁷	65.8	5.4	10.8	18.0

Alabama	6,832,439		4,336,775		369,939		727,897		1,397,827		63.5	5.4	10.7	20.5
Alaska	1,918,375		1,217,916		137,986		211,401		351,072		63.5	7.2	11.0	18.3
Arizona	8,403,221		4,971,462	⁷	901,085	⁷	863,409	⁷	1,667,265	⁷	59.2	10.7	10.3	19.8
Arkansas	4,156,368		2,744,622	⁷	204,167	⁷	429,615	⁷	777,964	⁷	66.0	4.9	10.3	18.7
California	61,570,555	⁷	41,221,735	⁷	3,062,280	⁷	7,235,517	⁷	10,051,023	⁷	67.0	5.0	11.8	16.3

Colorado	7,338,766		4,646,517		343,099		1,153,086		1,196,065		63.3	4.7	15.7	16.3
Connecticut	8,336,789	⁷	5,494,291	⁷	506,672	⁷	845,212	⁷	1,490,614	⁷	65.9	6.1	10.1	17.9
Delaware	1,489,594		916,082		76,411		184,631		312,470		61.5	5.1	12.4	21.0
District of Columbia⁸	1,282,437	⁷	757,501	⁷	72,931	⁷	170,086	⁷	281,920	⁷	59.1	5.7	13.3	22.0
Florida	24,224,114	⁷	16,218,702	⁷	1,107,958	⁷	2,240,879	⁷	4,656,575	⁷	67.0	4.6	9.3	19.2

Georgia	16,030,039		10,947,252		743,695		1,724,996		2,614,096		68.3	4.6	10.8	16.3
Hawaii⁸	2,122,779		1,359,347		239,459		216,125		307,848		64.0	11.3	10.2	14.5
Idaho	1,891,505	⁷	1,230,970	⁷	107,754	⁷	190,314	⁷	362,467	⁷	65.1	5.7	10.1	19.2
Illinois	21,874,484	⁷	13,878,223	⁷	1,421,224	⁷	2,602,559	⁷	3,972,479	⁷	63.4	6.5	11.9	18.2
Indiana	9,281,709	⁷	6,025,607	⁷	388,487	⁷	958,429	⁷	1,909,186	⁷	64.9	4.2	10.3	20.6

Iowa	4,499,236		2,927,176		257,575		530,109		784,376		65.1	5.7	11.8	17.4
Kansas	4,627,994		3,000,653		262,588		526,292		838,462		64.8	5.7	11.4	18.1
Kentucky	5,822,550		3,768,146		251,346		576,758		1,226,300		64.7	4.3	9.9	21.1
Louisiana	6,814,455	⁷	4,364,322	⁷	297,598	⁷	720,162	⁷	1,432,372	⁷	64.0	4.4	10.6	21.0
Maine	2,308,071		1,576,821	⁷	104,008	⁷	206,884	⁷	420,357		68.3	4.5	9.0	18.2

Maryland	11,192,623	⁷	7,469,581	⁷	498,920	⁷	1,136,692	⁷	2,087,431		66.7	4.5	10.2	18.7
Massachusetts	13,160,383		9,168,460	⁷	736,133	⁷	1,126,219		2,129,571		69.7	5.6	8.6	16.2
Michigan	17,053,521		10,477,065		1,276,683		2,162,825		3,136,948		61.4	7.5	12.7	18.4
Minnesota	8,415,969	⁷	5,822,654	⁷	228,804	⁷	851,355	⁷	1,513,155	⁷	69.2	2.7	10.1	18.0
Mississippi	3,898,401	⁷	2,478,077	⁷	181,505	⁷	420,501	⁷	818,319	⁷	63.6	4.7	10.8	21.0

Missouri	8,526,641		5,509,910		400,600		942,872		1,673,259		64.6	4.7	11.1	19.6
Montana	1,392,449		891,913		77,242		148,575		274,720		64.1	5.5	10.7	19.7
Nebraska	2,970,323		2,009,116		115,328		308,272		537,607		67.6	3.9	10.4	18.1
Nevada	3,515,004		2,270,090		164,350		432,782		647,782		64.6	4.7	12.3	18.4
New Hampshire	2,399,330		1,621,275		164,418		233,288		380,349		67.6	6.9	9.7	15.9

New Jersey	24,357,079	⁷	15,271,767	⁷	2,303,520	⁷	2,322,227	⁷	4,459,565	⁷	62.7	9.5	9.5	18.3
New Mexico	3,057,061		1,860,370		314,843		336,372		545,476		60.9	10.3	11.0	17.8
New York	46,443,426	⁷	33,305,098	⁷	1,536,857	⁷	4,051,984	⁷	7,549,487	⁷	71.7	3.3	8.7	16.3
North Carolina	11,482,912	⁷	7,539,482	⁷	564,546	⁷	1,405,457	⁷	1,973,427	⁷	65.7	4.9	12.2	17.2
North Dakota	886,317		543,680		36,992		106,351		199,293		61.3	4.2	12.0	22.5

Ohio	18,892,374		12,002,759		1,131,996		2,469,521		3,288,098		63.5	6.0	13.1	17.4
Oklahoma	4,932,913		3,023,423		331,037		544,559		1,033,893		61.3	6.7	11.0	21.0
Oregon	5,409,630		3,382,515		374,495		766,235		886,384		62.5	6.9	14.2	16.4
Pennsylvania	21,157,430		13,668,997		1,051,775		2,332,731		4,103,927		64.6	5.0	11.0	19.4
Rhode Island	2,134,609		1,394,592	⁷	252,541	⁷	173,421	⁷	314,055	⁷	65.3	11.8	8.1	14.7

South Carolina	6,453,817		4,124,810		469,949		662,865		1,196,193		63.9	7.3	10.3	18.5
South Dakota	1,037,875		646,115		56,942		125,726		209,092		62.3	5.5	12.1	20.1
Tennessee	7,540,306	⁷	5,192,953	⁷	298,693		713,896		1,334,764		68.9	4.0	9.5	17.7
Texas	39,033,235	⁷	25,442,790	⁷	1,893,545	⁷	4,128,351	⁷	7,568,549	⁷	65.2	4.9	10.6	19.4
Utah	3,444,936		2,386,355		126,893		317,787		613,900		69.3	3.7	9.2	17.8

Vermont	1,356,165		905,735		99,426		155,773		195,231		66.8	7.3	11.5	14.4
Virginia	13,125,666		8,879,325		627,358		1,191,811		2,427,172		67.6	4.8	9.1	18.5
Washington	9,331,539	⁷	5,975,610	⁷	612,168		1,069,852		1,673,909		64.0	6.6	11.5	17.9
West Virginia	2,841,962	⁷	1,798,224	⁷	103,735	⁷	266,270	⁷	673,733	⁷	63.3	3.7	9.4	23.7
Wisconsin	9,366,134		6,151,439		428,833		1,219,547		1,566,315		65.7	4.6	13.0	16.7
Wyoming	1,191,736		780,511		69,303		132,575		209,347		65.5	5.8	11.1	17.6

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	63,105		35,180		1,732		8,566		17,627		55.7	2.7	13.6	27.9
Guam	229,243	⁷	137,201	⁷	24,976	⁷	19,350	⁷	47,716	⁷	59.8	10.9	8.4	20.8
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	51,241		40,904	⁷	450		2,278	⁷	7,609	⁷	79.8	0.9	4.4	14.8
Puerto Rico	3,413,884		2,382,930		219,663		116,215		695,076		69.8	6.4	3.4	20.4
U.S. Virgin Islands	196,533	⁷	117,715		12,600		21,146	⁷	45,071	⁷	59.9	6.4	10.8	22.9
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 Include current expenditures for classroom instruction (including teachers and teaching assistants), libraries, in-service teacher training, curriculum development, student assessment, and instruction technology.
³ Include attendance and social work, guidance, health, psychological services, speech pathology, audiology, and other student support services.
⁴ Include general administration, school administration, and other support services.
⁵ Include operations and maintenance, student transportation, food services, and enterprise operations.
⁶ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
⁷ Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items, and/or to distribute state direct support expenditures.
⁸ 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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