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Publicelementarysecondaryeducationfinancedataareakeycomponentofstateandlocalgovernmentfinances.Elementary
secondaryeducationrelatedspendingisthesinglelargestfinancialactivityofstateandlocalgovernments.Educationfinance
statisticsprovidedbytheCensusBureausCensusofGovernments:FinanceSurveyofSchoolSystemFinancesallowforanalysesof
howpublicelementarysecondaryschoolsystemsreceivetheirfundingandhowtheseschoolsystemsarespendingtheirfunds.
PublicElementarySecondarySchoolSystemCurrentSpendingbyCategory:2012
Currentspendingisameasureofthedaytodayoperational
expendituresofschoolsystems.Currentspendingincludesexpenditures
onsalaries,benefits,supplies,andpurchasedservicesforinstruction,
supportservices,foodservices,andotheroperationalfunctionsof
schoolsystems.
Other$27.5B
Other5.3%
Benefits6.5%
SupportServices
$179.8B
Publicelementarysecondaryschoolsystemstotaled$524.0billionin
currentspendingforfiscalyear2012.Ofthecurrentspendingamount,
$316.6billion(60.4percent)wasspentoninstruction,with$206.7
billion(39.4percent)beingspentoninstructionalsalariesandwages.
Miscellaneous10.7%
Salaries&Wages
17.1%
Miscellaneous6.5%
Benefits14.5%
Instruction
$316.6B
PublicElementarySecondarySchoolSystemPerPupilCurrent
SpendingbyState:2012
Salaries&Wages
39.4%
Publicelementarysecondaryschoolsystemsspent$10,608perstudentin
fiscalyear2012.Ofthe21statesintheNortheastandMidwestregionsofthe
U.S.,17spentatleast$10,000perpupilin2012;only9outofthe29statesin
theSouthandWestregionsspentatleastthatamountperstudentin2012.
Highest CurrentSpendingPerPupil
AK
WA
MT
OR
VT
ND
MN
ID
WI
SD
WY
NV
CA
ME
PA
UT
AZ
NM
IL
KS
OK
TX
IN
OH
WV
MO
VA
KY
NJ
DE
MD
NH
MA
RI
CT
DC
NC
TN
AR
SC
MS
HI
MI
IA
NE
CO
NY
AL
NewYork
$19,552
DistrictofColumbia
$17,468
Alaska
$17,390
NewJersey
$17,266
Connecticut
$16,274
Lowest CurrentSpendingPerPupil
Utah
$6,206
Idaho
$6,659
Oklahoma
$7,466
Arizona
$7,559
Mississippi
$8,164
GA
LA
FL
<$8,000
20
$8,000 $9,999
11
$10,000 $11,999
U.S.DepartmentofCommerce
EconomicsandStatistics
Administration
U.S.CENSUSBUREAU
www.census.gov
$12,000 $13,999
$14,000 $15,999
$16,000or more
Source:U.S.CensusBureau,2012Censusof
Governments:Finance SurveyofSchoolSystem
Finances
www.census.gov/govs/school