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School District Revenue & Expenditure Patterns
U.S. public elementary and education systems, mostly school districts, reported $593.1 billion in revenues collected in fiscal year 2009. This section provides financial data for each school system included in the survey having enrollment. The interactive ranking table provides on total revenue and percent by major source and per student expenditure by major expenditure category. An extended set of data providing more detail is available. See additional information about these data. Selected Highlights Revenue sources: • State and local governments: $536.3 billion (90% of all revenue) • Federal government: $56.7 billion (10% of all revenue) Current expenditures totaled $519.0 billion.
Use the interactive ranking table presented below to examine characteristics of individual school districts in context of U.S. overall, states or metros. Select by state or metro and rank based on any of several selected revenue by source and per student expenditure by category. Use the School District Financial Analyst software and database for extended analysis. Click links in upper right scroll box to view sample comparative analysis profiles. School District Revenue & Expenditure Patterns -- Interactive Ranking Table %Percent of total revenue by source shown in columns to right of "$TotRev" (total revenue). $Expenditures per student shown in columns to right of percent columns. Use mouse-over on header column to view extended item/column name. Click ShowAll button between Find/Queries. See ranking table usage notes below ranking table. See related ranking tables -- http://proximityone.com/rankingtables.htm. 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 tabulation areas and restore full set of data view. • Click State to select on geographies in a selected state (click ShowAll between selections). • Click SumLev to select a type of geography (click ShowAll between selections). • Key in text/area name in text box to right of Find-in-Name button then click button to locate all matches (case sensitive). How to view all school districts in a metro? To view all school districts in the Dallas, TX MSA (for example) proceed as follows: • Click ShowAll button. • Key in the text Dallas in the Find in Name text box and click the Find in Name button. • Visually locate the Dallas ISD row and see that the CBSA code is 19100. • Key in the text 19100 in the Find in CBSA text box. • Click ShowAll button. • Click the Find in CBSA button. • All districts in the Dallas MSA now appear; rank on any column. Column Headers • CBSA - Core-Based Statistical Area Code • Enrollment • Total Revenue (thousands of dollars) Percentages of Total Elementary-Secondary Revenue by Source • %FTotRev -- Total Revenue from Federal Sources • %TitleI -- ESEA Title I • %StTotRev -- Total Revenue from State Sources • %StFormula -- General formula assistance • %LocTotRev -- Total Revenue from Local Sources • %LocTax+ -- Taxes & parent government contributions • %LocOth -- Revenue from other local governments • %LocChg -- Charges Per Student Current Spending (Elementary-secondary) • $TotExp -- Total Current Spending - $S&W -- Total salaries and wages - $EmpBen -- Total employee benefit payments • $InstrExp -- Total Current Spending for Instruction - $InsS&W -- Salaries and wages - $InsEmBen -- Employee benefits • $Support -- Total Current Spending for Support Services - $SptStd -- Student support - $SptStf -- Instructional staff support - $SptGenAdm -- General administration - $SptSchAdm -- School administration School District Financial Analyst The School District Financial Analyst (SDFA) is a Windows-based integrated software and database resource available for extended school district financial analysis. Use SDFA on your computer to develop side-by-side comparative analysis profiles. Click links in upper right scroll box (top of page) to view sample comparative analysis profiles. Examine more detailed sources and uses of funds categories. Contact us (mention SDFA) or call (888)364-7656 for more information. Scope of Data Data are based on an annual survey of public elementary and secondary education systems, mostly school districts, conducted by the Census Bureau under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Education. The survey covers all U.S. school districts. Enrollment data are based on data reported by school districts and state education agencies for the 2008-09 school year. Total enrollment for school districts in the ranking table is 48.2 million students. Total revenue data are shown in the ranking table in thousands of dollars. Financial data are shown on cash basis. In many cases financial data will differ from financial data reported by school districts due to wide-ranging different accounting procedures used district to district. Data shown in the ranking table use standardized accounting categories across all districts except as noted in supplemental notes (not shown in this section). List of All Items in Database (organized by: sources of funds, uses of funds, debt and cash) (scroll box ... use scroll bar at right to view all items.)
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