Table 160. | Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 to 2000-01 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Purpose of expenditures | 1919-20 | 1929-30 | 1939-40 | 1949-50 | 1959-60 | 1969-70 | 1979-80 || 1989-90 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000\1\| 2000-01 ______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________||_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 || 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________||_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________ | Amounts in thousands of dollars |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | || | | | Total expenditures ...........|$1,036,151|$2,316,790|$2,344,049|$5,837,643|$15,613,255|$40,683,429|$95,961,561|| $212,769,564| $355,837,818| $381,838,155| $411,518,072 |==========|==========|==========|==========|===========|===========|===========||===============|===============|===============|=============== Current expenditures for | | | | | | | || | | | public elementary and | | | | | | | || | | | secondary education ......| 861,120| 1,843,552| 1,941,799| 4,687,274| 12,329,389| 34,217,773| 86,984,142|| 188,229,359| 302,876,294| 323,888,508| 348,170,327 |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________||_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________ Administration ...........| 36,752| 78,680| 91,571| 220,050| 528,408| 1,606,646| 4,263,757||\2\ 16,346,991|\2\ 23,396,918|\2\ 25,079,298|\2\ 26,701,026 Instruction ..............| 632,556| 1,317,727| 1,403,285| 3,112,340| 8,350,738| 23,270,158| 53,257,937||\2\ 113,550,405|\2\ 186,776,182|\2\ 199,968,138|\2\ 214,239,936 Plant operation ..........| 115,707| 216,072| 194,365| 427,587| 1,085,036| 2,537,257| 9,744,785||\2\ 20,261,415|\2\ 29,396,471|\2\ 31,190,295|\2\ 33,928,030 Plant maintenance ........| 30,432| 78,810| 73,321| 214,164| 422,586| 974,941| (\3\) || (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) Fixed charges ............| 9,286| 50,270| 50,116| 261,469| 909,323| 3,266,920| 11,793,934|| --- | --- | --- | --- Other school services\4\ .| 36,387| 101,993| 129,141| 451,663| 1,033,297| 2,561,856| 7,923,729||\2\ 38,070,548|\2\ 63,306,722|\2\ 67,650,776|\2\ 73,301,335 |==========|==========|==========|==========|===========|===========|===========||===============|===============|===============|=============== Other current expenditures | 3,277| 9,825| 13,367| 35,614| 132,566| 635,803| 597,585|| 2,982,543| 5,242,618| 5,457,015| 6,064,862 |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________||_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________ Summer schools ............| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 13,263| 106,481| 24,753|| --- | --- | --- | --- Adult education\5\ ........| 3,277| 9,825| 13,367| 35,614| 26,858| 128,778| --- || --- | --- | --- | --- Community colleges ........| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 34,492| 138,813| --- || --- | --- | --- | --- Community services ........| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 57,953| 261,731| 572,832|| --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | || | | | Capital outlay\6\ ..........| 153,543| 370,878| 257,974| 1,014,176| 2,661,786| 4,659,072| 6,506,167|| 17,781,342| 39,522,710| 43,357,186| 47,117,751 Interest on school debt ....| 18,212| 92,536| 130,909| 100,578| 489,514| 1,170,782| 1,873,666|| 3,776,321| 8,196,196| 9,135,445| 10,165,131 |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________||_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________ | Percentage distribution |________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________ _______________ _______________ | | | | | | | || | | | Total expenditures .........| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0|| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0 |==========|==========|==========|==========|===========|===========|===========||===============|===============|===============|=============== Current expenditures for | | | | | | | || | | | public elementary and | | | | | | | || | | | secondary education ......| 83.1| 79.6| 82.8| 80.3| 79.0| 84.1| 90.6|| 88.5| 85.1| 84.8| 84.6 |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________||_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________ Administration ...........| 3.5| 3.4| 3.9| 3.8| 3.4| 3.9| 4.4||\2\ 7.7|\2\ 6.6|\2\ 6.6|\2\ 6.5 Instruction ..............| 61.0| 56.9| 59.9| 53.3| 53.5| 57.2| 55.5||\2\ 53.4|\2\ 52.5|\2\ 52.4|\2\ 52.1 Plant operation ..........| 11.2| 9.3| 8.3| 7.3| 6.9| 6.2| 10.2||\2\ 9.5|\2\ 8.3|\2\ 8.2|\2\ 8.2 Plant maintenance ........| 2.9| 3.4| 3.1| 3.7| 2.7| 2.4| (\3\) || (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) Fixed charges ............| 0.9| 2.2| 2.1| 4.5| 5.8| 8.0| 12.3|| --- | --- | --- | --- Other school services\4\ .| 3.5| 4.4| 5.5| 7.7| 6.6| 6.3| 8.3|| 17.9| 17.8| 17.7| 17.8 |==========|==========|==========|==========|===========|===========|===========||===============|===============|===============|=============== Other current expenditures | 0.3| 0.4| 0.6| 0.6| 0.8| 1.6| 0.6|| 1.4| 1.5| 1.4| 1.5 |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________||_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________ Summer schools ............| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 0.1| 0.3| # || --- | --- | --- | --- Adult education\5\ ........| 0.3| 0.4| 0.6| 0.6| 0.2| 0.3| --- || --- | --- | --- | --- Community colleges ........| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 0.2| 0.3| --- || --- | --- | --- | --- Community services ........| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 0.4| 0.6| 0.6|| --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | || | | | Capital outlay\6\ ............| 14.8| 16.0| 11.0| 17.4| 17.0| 11.5| 6.8|| 8.4| 11.1| 11.4| 11.4 Interest on school debt ......| 1.8| 4.0| 5.6| 1.7| 3.1| 2.9| 2.0|| 1.8| 2.3| 2.4| 2.5 ______________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________||_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Beginning in 1959-60, includes Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning in 1989-90, state administration expenditures were excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Beginning in 1989-90, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2000-01. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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