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Table 34-2.  Percentage distribution of total revenue for public elementary and secondary schools, by region and revenue source: Selected years, 1989–90 to 2004–05

Region and revenue source 1989–90 1991–92 1993–94 1995–96 1997–98 1999–2000 2001–02 2003–04 2004–05

United States                  
    Total     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0
Federal 6.1 6.6 7.1 6.6 6.8 7.3 7.9 9.1 9.2
State 47.1 46.4 45.2 47.5 48.4 49.5 49.2 47.1 46.9
Local 46.8 47.0 47.8 45.9 44.8 43.2 42.9 43.9 44.0
  From property taxes 35.9 36.6 37.6 35.4 34.1 33.4 33.6 34.8 34.4
  From other sources 10.9 10.4 10.2 10.5 10.7 9.8 9.2 9.1 9.5
 
Northeast                  
    Total     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0
Federal 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.4 5.9 6.9 6.7
State 40.2 39.5 38.4 38.7 38.9 42.8 44.4 41.4 41.7
Local 55.1 55.4 56.3 56.3 56.0 51.7 49.7 51.8 51.6
  From property taxes 48.7 49.2 50.3 49.8 49.8 45.4 43.9 45.8 45.7
  From other sources 6.5 6.2 6.0 6.5 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.9 5.9
 
Midwest                  
    Total     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0
Federal 5.4 5.9 6.0 5.7 6.0 6.4 6.9 7.8 8.1
State 39.6 37.9 39.0 46.7 47.2 48.0 48.7 47.8 46.5
Local 55.0 56.2 55.0 47.6 46.9 45.6 44.4 44.4 45.4
  From property taxes 45.0 46.1 46.0 38.6 37.4 36.0 35.5 36.4 37.0
  From other sources 10.1 10.1 9.0 9.0 9.5 9.6 9.0 8.0 8.4
 
South                  
    Total     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0
Federal 7.3 7.8 8.4 7.6 8.0 8.3 9.2 10.5 10.6
State 49.1 48.5 48.0 49.0 49.3 49.8 47.3 45.4 44.4
Local 43.6 43.8 43.5 43.4 42.7 41.8 43.4 44.2 45.0
  From property taxes 27.1 28.3 27.6 27.7 26.8 29.1 31.1 31.3 31.5
  From other sources 16.5 15.5 15.9 15.7 15.9 12.7 12.3 12.9 13.4
 
West                  
    Total     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0
Federal 6.8 7.3 8.2 8.1 7.9 8.6 9.2 10.7 10.9
State 60.6 60.7 55.7 56.3 58.3 57.6 57.4 54.7 56.4
Local 32.6 32.0 36.1 35.6 33.7 33.8 33.4 34.6 32.7
  From property taxes 23.8 23.8 28.1 26.8 24.7 24.5 24.8 26.3 23.9
  From other sources 8.8 8.2 8.0 8.8 9.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 8.9

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates are revised from previous publications. Supplemental note 1 identifies the states in each region. See supplemental note 11 for further information about revenue types. See supplemental note 3 for more information about the Common Core of Data (CCD).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “National Public Education Financial Survey,” 1989–90 to 2004–05.

 
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