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Financial Information on public elementary/secondary education


Table 1. Percentage distribution of total revenue for public elementary and secondary education in the United States, by region and revenue source: 1989–90 to 2005–06—Continued
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Region and
revenue source
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
Northeast                   
                   
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                   
Federal  5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.9 6.4 6.9 6.7 6.5
State  38.9 40.8 42.8 43.3 44.4 42.6 41.4 41.7 41.7
From property taxes  49.8 47.3 45.4 44.9 43.9 45.4 45.8 45.7 45.6
From other sources  6.3 6.5 6.3 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.1
                   
Midwest                   
                   
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                   
Federal  6.0 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.9 7.6 7.8 8.1 8.0
State  47.2 47.8 48.0 48.5 48.7 49.6 47.8 46.5 46.2
From property taxes  37.4 36.6 36.0 34.9 35.5 34.5 36.4 37.0 36.5
From other sources  9.5 9.4 9.6 10.1 9.0 8.4 8.0 8.4 9.3
                   
South                   
                   
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                   
Federal  8.0 8.1 8.3 8.4 9.2 9.8 10.5 10.6 10.9
State  49.3 49.3 49.8 48.8 47.3 46.6 45.4 44.4 43.3
From property taxes  26.8 29.8 29.1 29.7 31.1 30.9 31.3 31.5 31.6
From other sources  15.9 12.8 12.7 13.0 12.3 12.7 12.9 13.4 14.1
                   
West                   
                   
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                   
Federal  7.9 8.3 8.6 8.3 9.2 9.8 10.7 10.9 10.5
State  58.3 57.5 57.6 58.7 57.4 56.9 54.7 56.4 56.6
From property taxes  24.7 24.9 24.5 23.8 24.8 25.1 26.3 23.9 23.5
From other sources  9.0 9.3 9.3 9.2 8.6 8.2 8.3 8.9 9.5
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 (NPEFS)," fiscal years 1990–2001, Version 1b; fiscal year 2002, Version 1c; fiscal year 2003, Version 1b; fiscal year 2004, Version 1a; fiscal year 2005, Version 1a; fiscal year 2006,Version 1a.
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