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Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: 2005

The Common Core of Data (CCD) is an annual collection of public elementary and secondary education data administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and its collection agent, the U.S. Census Bureau. Data for CCD surveys are provided by state education agencies (SEAs). This indicator presents findings on public education revenues and expenditures using fiscal year (FY) 2005 data from the National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) of the CCD survey system. Programs included in the NPEFS include regular, special, and vocational education; charter schools (if they reported data to the SEA); and state-run education programs (such as special education centers or education programs for incarcerated youth).

Revenues

Approximately $487.8 billion was collected in revenues for public elementary and secondary education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in fiscal year 2005 (FY 05) (table 1). The greatest percentage of revenues came from state and local governments, which together provided $443.0 billion, or 90.8 percent of all revenues; the federal government’s contribution was $44.8 billion, or 9.2 percent of all revenues (figure 1).

Figure 1. Percentage distribution of revenues for public elementary and secondary education in the United States, by source: Fiscal year 2005

Percentage of 1992–93 bachelor’s degree recipients who had enrolled in a graduate degree program by 2003, by undergraduate major and graduate degree program

Figure 1 in NCES: 2007-356, Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2004-05 (Fiscal Year 2005).

Table 1. Revenues and percentage distribution of revenues for public elementary and secondary education, by source and state or jurisdiction: Fiscal year 2005


	Revenues [in thousands of dollars]						Percentage distribution
State or jurisdiction	Total		Local¹		State	Federal	Local¹	State	Federal
United States²	$487,761,164	³	$214,389,438	³	$228,562,195	$44,809,532	44.0	46.9	9.2

Alabama	5,861,380		1,906,607		3,253,486	701,287	32.5	55.5	12.0
Alaska	1,679,646		418,199		957,820	303,626	24.9	57.0	18.1
Arizona	8,151,688	³	3,301,561	³	3,898,118	952,009	40.5	47.8	11.7
Arkansas	4,034,796		1,235,669		2,349,685	449,442	30.6	58.2	11.1
California	59,481,350		17,588,882		35,234,574	6,657,894	29.6	59.2	11.2

Colorado	6,911,807		3,475,507		2,954,905	481,395	50.3	42.8	7.0
Connecticut	8,015,309		4,527,506		3,062,150	425,653	56.5	38.2	5.3
Delaware	1,376,724		395,278		851,355	130,091	28.7	61.8	9.4
District of Columbia⁴	1,285,489		1,126,022		†	159,467	87.6	†	12.4
Florida	22,633,476		10,720,541		9,533,209	2,379,726	47.4	42.1	10.5

Georgia	14,726,455		6,848,011		6,466,311	1,412,133	46.5	43.9	9.6
Hawaii⁴	2,274,165		50,578		1,986,614	236,974	2.2	87.4	10.4
Idaho	1,816,509		576,766		1,043,927	195,816	31.8	57.5	10.8
Illinois	21,281,907		12,683,909		6,758,417	1,839,581	59.6	31.8	8.6
Indiana	11,278,665		5,214,024		5,326,048	738,593	46.2	47.2	6.5

Iowa	4,481,531		2,055,162		2,051,947	374,422	45.9	45.8	8.4
Kansas	4,468,190		1,582,904		2,431,195	454,091	35.4	54.4	10.2
Kentucky	5,379,257		1,671,516		3,049,129	658,612	31.1	56.7	12.2
Louisiana	6,057,201		2,337,820		2,878,017	841,364	38.6	47.5	13.9
Maine	2,308,518		1,135,119		946,282	227,117	49.2	41.0	9.8

Maryland	9,886,032		5,496,485		3,729,271	660,276	55.6	37.7	6.7
Massachusetts	12,735,802		6,525,322		5,442,172	768,309	51.2	42.7	6.0
Michigan	18,365,247		5,776,655		11,043,486	1,545,106	31.5	60.1	8.4
Minnesota	8,687,246		2,069,248		6,050,153	567,845	23.8	69.6	6.5
Mississippi	3,642,050		1,099,730		1,965,158	577,162	30.2	54.0	15.8

Missouri	8,373,954		4,768,959		2,859,179	745,815	56.9	34.1	8.9
Montana	1,293,161		514,077		584,289	194,794	39.8	45.2	15.1
Nebraska	2,800,202		1,633,416		877,246	289,540	58.3	31.3	10.3
Nevada	3,393,152		2,215,988		920,244	256,921	65.3	27.1	7.6
New Hampshire	2,242,384		1,236,214		879,428	126,743	55.1	39.2	5.7

New Jersey	21,738,449		11,331,905		9,450,496	956,048	52.1	43.5	4.4
New Mexico	3,049,760		413,289		2,133,707	502,763	13.6	70.0	16.5
New York	43,649,605		21,682,869		18,768,008	3,198,727	49.7	43.0	7.3
North Carolina	10,446,941		2,760,943		6,552,886	1,133,112	26.4	62.7	10.8
North Dakota	920,566		431,813		340,259	148,495	46.9	37.0	16.1

Ohio	19,912,038		9,633,419		8,752,118	1,526,501	48.4	44.0	7.7
Oklahoma	4,621,537		1,520,859		2,466,399	634,278	32.9	53.4	13.7
Oregon	4,999,669		2,052,095		2,439,989	507,585	41.0	48.8	10.2
Pennsylvania	21,439,695		11,937,783		7,717,500	1,784,412	55.7	36.0	8.3
Rhode Island	1,878,044		1,002,573		725,609	149,862	53.4	38.6	8.0

South Carolina	6,267,520		2,768,595		2,837,312	661,614	44.2	45.3	10.6
South Dakota	1,061,844		526,012		355,969	179,863	49.5	33.5	16.9
Tennessee	6,942,997		3,153,736		2,998,090	791,171	45.4	43.2	11.4
Texas	36,798,422		19,466,061		13,214,827	4,117,534	52.9	35.9	11.2
Utah	3,227,340		1,126,268		1,775,126	325,946	34.9	55.0	10.1

Vermont	1,283,411		97,823		1,090,538	95,050	7.6	85.0	7.4
Virginia	11,990,159		6,292,194		4,871,156	826,809	52.5	40.6	6.9
Washington	9,266,940		2,761,736		5,629,205	875,999	29.8	60.7	9.5
West Virginia	2,779,795		766,318		1,684,324	329,154	27.6	60.6	11.8
Wisconsin	9,432,162		4,036,880		4,789,269	606,013	42.8	50.8	6.4
Wyoming	1,130,977		438,594		585,593	106,791	38.8	51.8	9.4

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	86,909		1,900		16,589	68,421	2.2	19.1	78.7
Guam	—		—		—	—	—	—	—
Northern Mariana Islands	63,700		799		37,210	25,691	1.3	58.4	40.3
Puerto Rico	3,017,121		130		2,125,381	891,609	#	70.4	29.6
U.S. Virgin Islands	191,280		152,542		0	38,738	79.7	0.0	20.3
— Not available. † Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. ¹ Local revenues include intermediate revenues. ² U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. ³ Value affected by redistribution of reported values to correct for missing data items. ⁴ Both the District of Columbia and Hawaii have only one school district each; therefore, neither is comparable to other states. Local revenues in Hawaii consist almost entirely of student fees and charges for services, such as food services, summer school, and student activities. 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 2005, Version 1a.

Expenditures

Current expenditures per pupil for public elementary and secondary education were $8,701 in FY 05, including $5,737 on instruction and instruction-related activities (table 2). Adjusting for inflation,¹ current expenditures per pupil have grown 23.5 percent since FY 95 ($7,047) and 38.9 percent since FY 85 ($6,263) (data not shown).

Table 2. Student membership and current expenditures per pupil for public elementary and secondary education, by function and state: Fiscal year 2005


		Current expenditures¹ per pupil
State or jurisdiction	Fall 2004 student membership		Total		Instruction and instruction- related²		Student support services³		Administration		Operations
United States⁴	48,794,911	⁵	$8,701	^5,6	$5,737	^5,6	$453	⁵	$958	⁵	$1,552	⁵

Alabama	730,140		7,073		4,512		353		754		1,454
Alaska	132,970		10,847		6,813		682		1,206		2,146
Arizona	1,043,298		6,184		3,869		345		753		1,218
Arkansas	463,115		7,659		5,101		346		854		1,357
California	6,441,557	⁵	7,905	⁵	5,310	⁵	364	⁵	973	⁵	1,258	⁵

Colorado	765,976		7,826		4,826		340		1,344		1,316
Connecticut	577,390		12,263		8,208		708		1,219		2,126
Delaware	119,091		10,911		6,619		519		1,481		2,291
District of Columbia⁷	76,714		13,348		8,105		687		1,812		2,744
Florida	2,639,336		7,215		4,707		347		706		1,456

Georgia	1,553,437		8,065		5,516		378		845		1,327
Hawaii⁷	183,185		8,997		5,880		989		915		1,212
Idaho	256,084		6,319		4,173		354		625		1,168
Illinois	2,097,503		8,896		5,698		562		1,061		1,575
Indiana	1,021,348		8,919		5,680		396		1,042		1,801

Iowa	478,319		7,962		5,252		463		889		1,357
Kansas	469,136		7,926		5,064		457		938		1,466
Kentucky	674,796		7,132		4,681		283		715		1,453
Louisiana	724,281		7,669		4,998		335		787		1,550
Maine	198,820		10,342		7,244		361		942		1,795

Maryland	865,561		10,031		6,724		430		1,018		1,859
Massachusetts	975,574		11,642		7,968		713		1,057		1,904
Michigan	1,750,919		9,340		5,767		672		1,213		1,688
Minnesota	838,503		8,718		6,063		242		864		1,550
Mississippi	495,376		6,548		4,230		313		705		1,300

Missouri	905,449		7,858	⁶	5,131	⁶	377		839		1,510
Montana	146,705		8,133		5,275		436		900		1,522
Nebraska	285,761		8,794		5,877		370		933		1,614
Nevada	400,083		6,804		4,511		255		889		1,149
New Hampshire	206,852		9,771		6,631		658		952		1,530

New Jersey	1,393,347		14,117		8,827		1,267		1,393		2,630
New Mexico	326,102		7,834		4,749		776		866		1,442
New York	2,836,337		13,703		9,796		457		1,226		2,225
North Carolina	1,385,754		6,904		4,516		375		813		1,200
North Dakota	100,513		7,829		4,860		324		943		1,701

Ohio	1,840,032		9,330		5,930		558		1,268		1,573
Oklahoma	629,476		6,610		4,020		433		743		1,414
Oregon	552,322		8,071		5,053		554		1,140		1,325
Pennsylvania	1,828,089		10,235		6,707		492		1,114		1,922
Rhode Island	156,498		11,667		7,798		1,182		1,018		1,669

South Carolina	703,736		7,549		4,970		521		735		1,324
South Dakota	122,798		7,464		4,673		413		927		1,451
Tennessee	941,091		6,850	⁶	4,803	⁶	229		625		1,193
Texas	4,405,215		7,246		4,729		354		782		1,380
Utah	503,607		5,216		3,554		192		497		972

Vermont	98,352		11,972		8,096		865		1,354		1,657
Virginia	1,204,739		8,886		6,015		422		795		1,654
Washington	1,020,005		7,717	⁶	4,945	⁶	485		879		1,408
West Virginia	280,129		9,024		5,769		317		874		2,063
Wisconsin	864,757		9,755		6,481		447		1,208		1,618
Wyoming	84,733		10,190		6,573		601		1,146		1,869

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	16,126		3,607		2,098		154		264		1,091
Guam	30,605		—		—		—		—		—
Northern Mariana Islands	11,601		5,034		4,244		91		382		318
Puerto Rico	575,648		4,979		3,740		103		197		938
U.S. Virgin Islands	16,429		8,387		5,773		486		1,043		1,085
— Not available. ¹ Include instruction, instruction-related, support services, and other elementary/secondary current expenditures, but exclude expenditures on capital outlay, other ² Include salaries and benefits for teachers, teaching assistants, librarians and library aides, in-service teacher trainers, curriculum development, student assessment, technology, and supplies and purchased services related to these activities. ³ Include attendance and social work, guidance, health, psychological services, speech pathology, audiology, and other student support services. ⁴ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. ⁵ The prekindergarten student membership was imputed, affecting the total student count and per pupil expenditures calculation. ⁶ Value affected by redistribution of reported expenditure values to correct for missing data items. ⁷ 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 2005, Version 1a.

¹ Data have been adjusted to fiscal year 2005 dollars. See Appendix A in Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2004-05 (Fiscal Year 2005) for more information on inflation-adjusted data.

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