Current Expenditures > Elementary & Secondary Finance statistics - states compared

DEFINITION
Total current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, grades prekindergarten through grade 12, including ungraded students. Expenditures for equipment, non-public education, school construction, debt financing and community services are excluded from this data item. Expenditures by state governments for and on behalf of LEAs are included in these expenditures, and all other expenditures here. This is the sum of expenditures for Instruction, Support Services, and Non-instructional Services (excluding Community Services) and Direct Program Support (excluding Support for Private school Students), and excludes Property expenditures. These data are taken from the CCD National Public Education Financial Survey.

Education Statistics > Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

California:

$47,983,401,585.00

# 2

New York:

$34,546,965,060.00

# 3

Texas:

$30,399,602,683.00

# 4

Illinois:

$17,271,301,336.00

# 5

New Jersey:

$17,185,966,478.00

# 6

Florida:

$16,355,122,722.00

# 7

Pennsylvania:

$16,344,438,806.00

# 8

Ohio:

$15,868,493,831.00

# 9

Michigan:

$15,674,697,880.00

# 10

Georgia:

$11,630,576,465.00

# 11

Massachusetts:

$10,281,819,968.00

# 12

Virginia:

$9,208,328,643.00

# 13

North Carolina:

$8,766,968,037.00

# 14

Indiana:

$8,088,684,361.00

# 15

Wisconsin:

$7,934,755,372.00

# 16

Maryland:

$7,933,055,223.00

# 17

Washington:

$7,359,565,561.00

# 18

Minnesota:

$6,867,403,136.00

# 19

Missouri:

$6,793,957,096.00

# 20

Connecticut:

$6,302,987,649.00

# 21

Arizona:

$5,891,104,517.00

# 22

Tennessee:

$5,674,773,373.00

# 23

Colorado:

$5,551,506,246.00

# 24

Louisiana:

$5,056,583,333.00

# 25

South Carolina:

$4,888,249,852.00

# 26

Alabama:

$4,657,642,806.00

# 27

Kentucky:

$4,401,626,780.00

# 28

Oregon:

$4,150,747,225.00

# 29

Oklahoma:

$3,804,570,361.00

# 30

Iowa:

$3,652,022,139.00

# 31

Kansas:

$3,510,675,065.00

# 32

Arkansas:

$2,923,401,465.00

# 33

Mississippi:

$2,853,530,843.00

# 34

Utah:

$2,366,896,510.00

# 35

West Virginia:

$2,349,832,632.00

# 36

Nebraska:

$2,304,222,805.00

# 37

New Mexico:

$2,281,607,599.00

# 38

Nevada:

$2,251,044,274.00

# 39

Maine:

$1,909,268,142.00

# 40

New Hampshire:

$1,781,594,414.00

# 41

Rhode Island:

$1,647,586,583.00

# 42

Idaho:

$1,511,862,048.00

# 43

Hawaii:

$1,489,091,523.00

# 44

Alaska:

$1,326,226,326.00

# 45

Delaware:

$1,127,745,479.00

# 46

Montana:

$1,124,291,117.00

# 47

Vermont:

$1,045,213,366.00

# 48

District of Columbia:

$902,317,945.00

# 49

South Dakota:

$851,429,075.00

# 50

Wyoming:

$791,731,794.00

# 51

North Dakota:

$716,006,715.00

Weighted average:

$7,599,852,828.31

DEFINITION: Total current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, grades prekindergarten through grade 12, including ungraded students. Expenditures for equipment, non-public education, school construction, debt financing and community services are excluded from this data item. Expenditures by state governments for and on behalf of LEAs are included in these expenditures, and all other expenditures here. This is the sum of expenditures for Instruction, Support Services, and Non-instructional Services (excluding Community Services) and Direct Program Support (excluding Support for Private school Students), and excludes Property expenditures. These data are taken from the CCD National Public Education Financial Survey.

Education Statistics > Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures (most recent) by state

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