Table 6.Current expenditures and percentage distribution of current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2010

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2009–10 (Fiscal Year 2010)

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Table 6. Current expenditures and percentage distribution of current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2010
	Current instruction expenditures¹ [in thousands of dollars]										Percentage distribution
State or jurisdiction	Total		Instruction and instruction‑ related²		Student support services³		Administration⁴		Operations⁵		Instruction and instruction‑ related²	Student support services³	Administration⁴	Operations⁵
United States⁶	$525,497,898	⁷	$347,092,838	⁷	$29,202,534		$56,185,770		$93,016,755		66.1	5.6	10.7	17.7

Alabama	6,670,517		4,210,708		382,558		712,478		1,364,773		63.1	5.7	10.7	20.5
Alaska	2,084,019		1,285,635		177,944		233,772		386,668		61.7	8.5	11.2	18.6
Arizona	8,587,889	⁷	4,967,419	⁷	992,984		905,252		1,722,233	⁷	57.8	11.6	10.5	20.1
Arkansas	4,459,910	⁷	2,959,669	⁷	223,016	⁷	453,020	⁷	824,205	⁷	66.4	5.0	10.2	18.5
California	58,248,662	⁷	38,609,690	⁷	3,005,113	⁷	6,985,284	⁷	9,648,575	⁷	66.3	5.2	12.0	16.6

Colorado	7,429,302		4,693,967		362,441		1,164,253		1,208,641		63.2	4.9	15.7	16.3
Connecticut	8,853,337	⁷	5,888,481	⁷	539,157	⁷	883,853	⁷	1,541,846	⁷	66.5	6.1	10.0	17.4
Delaware	1,549,812		969,385		78,770		186,630		315,026		62.5	5.1	12.0	20.3
District of Columbia⁸	1,451,870		821,665		102,645		219,740		307,820		56.6	7.1	15.1	21.2
Florida	23,349,314	⁷	15,667,742	⁷	1,068,011	⁷	2,164,686	⁷	4,448,876	⁷	67.1	4.6	9.3	19.1

Georgia	15,730,409	⁷	10,653,546	⁷	764,719	⁷	1,671,453	⁷	2,640,691	⁷	67.7	4.9	10.6	16.8
Hawaii⁸	2,110,864		1,401,251		215,889		183,158		310,566		66.4	10.2	8.7	14.7
Idaho	1,961,857	⁷	1,278,912	⁷	112,049	⁷	200,490	⁷	370,406	⁷	65.2	5.7	10.2	18.9
Illinois	24,695,773	⁷	15,934,324	⁷	1,614,534	⁷	3,079,002	⁷	4,067,913	⁷	64.5	6.5	12.5	16.5
Indiana	9,921,243	⁷	6,223,253	⁷	464,829	⁷	1,129,316	⁷	2,103,845	⁷	62.7	4.7	11.4	21.2

Iowa	4,794,308		3,176,597		275,660		545,818		796,233		66.3	5.7	11.4	16.6
Kansas	4,731,676		3,092,576		274,052		536,384		828,664		65.4	5.8	11.3	17.5
Kentucky	6,091,814		3,938,982		270,367		616,969		1,265,497		64.7	4.4	10.1	20.8
Louisiana	7,393,452	⁷	4,744,887	⁷	356,776	⁷	802,843	⁷	1,488,946	⁷	64.2	4.8	10.9	20.1
Maine	2,356,312	⁷	1,553,024	⁷	151,467	⁷	243,609	⁷	408,212		65.9	6.4	10.3	17.3

Maryland	11,883,677	⁷	8,012,733	⁷	540,462	⁷	1,207,284	⁷	2,123,198		67.4	4.5	10.2	17.9
Massachusetts	14,067,276	⁷	9,893,422	⁷	995,204	⁷	1,059,758		2,118,893		70.3	7.1	7.5	15.1
Michigan	17,227,515		10,792,839		1,309,087		2,156,415		2,969,175		62.6	7.6	12.5	17.2
Minnesota	8,927,288	⁷	6,297,847	⁷	234,716	⁷	875,768	⁷	1,518,956	⁷	70.5	2.6	9.8	17.0
Mississippi	3,990,876	⁷	2,540,689	⁷	192,446	⁷	439,251	⁷	818,490	⁷	63.7	4.8	11.0	20.5

Missouri	8,923,448	⁷	5,785,255	⁷	416,186		984,461		1,737,546		64.8	4.7	11.0	19.5
Montana	1,498,252		960,152		88,330		158,050		291,721		64.1	5.9	10.5	19.5
Nebraska	3,247,970		2,228,950		123,135		319,891		575,995		68.6	3.8	9.8	17.7
Nevada	3,592,994		2,320,314		187,286		439,793		645,601		64.6	5.2	12.2	18.0
New Hampshire	2,576,956		1,751,365		183,457		249,944		392,190		68.0	7.1	9.7	15.2

New Jersey	24,261,392		15,348,323		2,320,206		2,174,602		4,418,261		63.3	9.6	9.0	18.2
New Mexico	3,217,328		1,951,885		341,902		359,671		563,870		60.7	10.6	11.2	17.5
New York	50,251,461	⁷	36,383,250	⁷	1,668,771	⁷	4,181,892	⁷	8,017,548	⁷	72.4	3.3	8.3	16.0
North Carolina	12,200,362		8,114,995		566,392		1,318,095		2,200,879		66.5	4.6	10.8	18.0
North Dakota	1,000,095		612,295		43,760		119,840		224,200		61.2	4.4	12.0	22.4

Ohio	19,801,670		12,630,827		1,231,856		2,571,068		3,367,920		63.8	6.2	13.0	17.0
Oklahoma	5,192,124		3,188,235		352,223		580,528		1,071,139		61.4	6.8	11.2	20.6
Oregon	5,401,667		3,375,987		388,122		760,889		876,669		62.5	7.2	14.1	16.2
Pennsylvania	22,733,518		14,759,628		1,169,785		2,499,102		4,305,003		64.9	5.1	11.0	18.9
Rhode Island	2,136,582	⁷	1,372,828	⁷	248,278	⁷	204,034	⁷	311,441	⁷	64.3	11.6	9.5	14.6

South Carolina	6,566,165		4,203,255		480,587		665,541		1,216,783		64.0	7.3	10.1	18.5
South Dakota	1,115,861		711,710		61,498		129,988		212,665		63.8	5.5	11.6	19.1
Tennessee	7,894,661		5,457,229		321,711		748,104		1,367,616		69.1	4.1	9.5	17.3
Texas	42,621,886		28,000,534		2,058,007		4,482,451		8,080,894		65.7	4.8	10.5	19.0
Utah	3,635,085		2,487,901		140,093		356,994		650,097		68.4	3.9	9.8	17.9

Vermont	1,463,792		978,300		112,672		167,330		205,489		66.8	7.7	11.4	14.0
Virginia	13,193,633		8,929,963		642,427		1,197,194		2,424,049		67.7	4.9	9.1	18.4
Washington	9,832,913	⁷	6,346,875	⁷	658,555		1,120,354		1,707,129		64.5	6.7	11.4	17.4
West Virginia	3,315,648	⁷	2,137,462	⁷	146,619	⁷	290,397	⁷	741,169	⁷	64.5	4.4	8.8	22.4
Wisconsin	9,918,809		6,570,438		468,750		1,299,314		1,580,307		66.2	4.7	13.1	15.9
Wyoming	1,334,655		875,637		77,033		149,758		232,227		65.6	5.8	11.2	17.4
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	70,305	⁷	38,814		1,919		8,405	⁷	21,167		55.2	2.7	12.0	30.1
Guam	235,784	⁷	137,256	⁷	26,356		20,012		52,160		58.2	11.2	8.5	22.1
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	62,210	⁷	33,315	⁷	6,131		10,268	⁷	12,496	⁷	53.6	9.9	16.5	20.1
Puerto Rico	3,464,044	⁷	1,914,536	⁷	224,460		458,647	⁷	866,402	⁷	55.3	6.5	13.2	25.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	218,734	⁷	126,158		16,227		38,210		38,139	⁷	57.7	7.4	17.5	17.4
¹ Current expenditures 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 Instruction and instruction-related expenditures include current expenditures for classroom instruction (including teachers and teaching assistants), libraries, in-service teacher training, curriculum development, student assessment, and instruction technology.
³ Student support services include attendance and social work, guidance, health, psychological services, speech pathology, audiology, and other student support services.
⁴ Administration expenditures include general administration, school administration, and other support services.
⁵ Operations expenditures 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 2010, provisional Version 1a.

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