Expenditures per pupil: $10,591

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Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2008–09 (Fiscal Year 2009)

Current expenditures per pupil for public elementary and secondary education were $10,591 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. This First Look presents state-level data on revenues by source and expenditures by function for public elementary and secondary education for school year 2008-09. Part of the Common Core of Data, this report presents data submitted annually to NCES by state education agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Other findings include:

• Adjusting for inflation, per pupil state and local revenues slightly decreased by 1 percent or more in 16 states and increased in 25 states. During the same time frame per pupil current expenditures decreased by 1 percent or more in 8 states and increased by 1 percent or more in 36 states.

• The 50 states and the District and Columbia reported $593.1 billion in revenues collected for public elementary and secondary education in FY 09.

• The greatest percentage of revenues came from state and local governments, which together provided $536.3 billion or 90 percent of all revenues; the federal government’s contribution was $56.7 billion or 10 percent of all revenues.

• Total revenues were unchanged for FY 09 compared to FY 08 adjusted for inflation.

• Local revenues increased by 1 percent; federal revenues increased by 17 percent; and state revenues decreased by 3 percent.