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School District Expenditure Patterns In 2008, school districts spent an average of $10,259 per pupil, a 6.1 percent increase over 2007. Eighteen states and D.C. spent more that this; 32 states spent less. School districts received $582.1 billion in funding in 2008, up 4.5 percent from 2007. Of that amount, state governments contributed 48.3 percent, followed by local sources, which contributed 43.7 percent, and federal sources, which made up the remaining 8.1 percent. School district spending was up 6.0 percent in 2008, totaling $593.2 billion. Total current spending was $506.8 billion (85.4 percent), of which $304.8 billion went to instruction, followed by $175.9 billion, which went to support services, such as transportation and school maintenance. Total school district debt increased by 7.9 percent in 2008 to $377.4 billion. Examining Spending Patterns; Assessing Results. What is the impact of these school district finances patterns on the quality and productivity of public education in America? The workforce? How has the growth in public K-12 school funding improved education opportunities -- or has it just tried to keep up with increasing costs? Data for individual school districts in the interactive ranking table shown below. Examine per student expenditure by type for districts of interest. See usage notes and additional information about these data in sections below table. Use Proximity tools and resources for extended analyses. School District Expenditure Patterns Interactive ranking table -- click column header to sort; click again to sort other direction. See related Ranking Tables Main Page; see related School Districts Main Page Item Descriptions SDCode -- Federal district code Students pTotExp$ -- Total current spending per student pS&W$ -- Total salaries and wages per student pBenefits$ -- Total employee benefit payments per student pInst$ -- Total Current Spending for Instruction per student pctInst -- percent total current spending for instruction (of pTotExp$) pInstS&W$ -- Current spending for instruction - salaries & wages per student pInstBen$ -- Current spending for instruction - employee benefits per student pSpt$ -- Total Current Spending for Support Services per student Using the Ranking Table • Click on a column header to sort on that column; click column header again to sort in other direction. • Click ShowAll button to show all areas and restore full set of data view. • Click State to view districts in a selected state (click ShowAll between selections). • Find by Name: key in partial area name in text box to right of Find-in-Name button then click button to locate all matches (case sensitive). • See related ranking tables. About these Data Revenue and expenditure data are based on the school district sources and uses of funds survey (covering nearly all school districts) data collected from local education agencies by the Census Bureau and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and released on June 30, 2010. Only school districts reporting non-zero total expenditure are included. Data breakouts for salaries and wages versus benefits are shown as zero where not available for some districts. The next update will be Fiscal Year 2009 data expected to be available in mid-2011. Additional Information Proximity develops geodemographic-economic data and analytical tools and helps organizations knit together and use diverse data in a decision-making and analytical framework. We develop custom demographic/economic estimates and projections, develop geographic and geocoded address files, and assist with impact and geospatial analyses. Wide-ranging organizations use our tools (software, data, methodologies) to analyze their own data integrated with other data. Contact Proximity (888-364-7656) with questions about data covered in this section or to discuss custom estimates, projections or analyses for your areas of interest. |
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