Finances of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, by Enrollment-Size Group

In millions of dollars (261,898 represents $261,898,000,00), except as indicated. 1994-96 are estimates subject to sampling variability. 1997 based on the 1997 Census of Governments. For details, see source. See also Appendix III

						1993-1994	1994-1995	1995-1996	1996-1997
Finances of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, by Enrollment-Size Group¹
By Function	Instruction	All School Systems				142170.59
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			11268.02	12605.233	13342.824	14015.661
			$25,000 To $49,999			14100.05	14771.151	15650.249	17276.536
			3000 To 4999			15779.18	18205.445	19219.798	20202.155
			5000 To 7499			12339.13	14041.924	15139.728	15749.434
			$50,000 Or More			27,440	29195.474	30914.369	32297.563
			7500 To 14999			21083.09	22145.694	22925.366	24515.325
			All School Systems				148488.21	156290.52	165461.718
			Under 3000			40161.1	37523.289	39098.186	41405.044
	Other Current Spending	All School Systems				14557.81
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			1157.58	1398.621	1431.62	1395.14
			$25,000 To $49,999			1482.88	1695.993	1758.424	1814.693
			3000 To 4999			1441.94	1660.851	1671.214	1746.938
			5000 To 7499			1158.4	1330.429	1348.283	1337.105
			$50,000 Or More			3070.35	3134.268	3456.349	3324.016
			7500 To 14999			2055.19	2240.773	2254.305	2303.668
			All School Systems				15164.581	15479.323	15583.03
			Under 3000			4191.45	3703.646	3559.128	3661.47
	Support Services	All School Systems				80181.74
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			6419.56	6891.375	7196.868	7445.355
			$25,000 To $49,999			8427.33	8597.752	8914.658	9688.442
			3000 To 4999			8645.24	9809.307	10205.623	10726.961
			5000 To 7499			6822.8	7629.603	8114.517	8392.385
			$50,000 Or More			15131.08	15352.261	16505.075	16913.864
			7500 To 14999			11635.06	12005.255	12290.793	13045.911
			All School Systems				82957.808	86319.178	90623.877
			Under 3000			23100.64	22672.255	23091.644	24410.959
By Object	All School Systems	Total Employee Benefits				37369.88
	All School Systems	Total Salaries And Wages				151701.19
	Capital Outlay	All School Systems				21947.27
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			1910.64	2329.564	2629.522	2732.753
			$25,000 To $49,999			2436.31	2971.962	3188.01	3746.392
			3000 To 4999			2277.48	2657.65	3166.969	4012.464
			5000 To 7499			1729.83	2141.536	2459.831	2825.154
			$50,000 Or More			4196.71	4758.876	5458.254	5206.643
			7500 To 14999			3766.29	3816.872	4031.559	4701.951
			All School Systems				24304.092	27771.656	32434.149
			Under 3000			5629.98	5627.632	6837.511	9208.792
	Debt Outstanding	All School Systems				86870.23
		Long-term	All School Systems			83998.74
			School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		8391.54	9137.34	9911.431	10658.693
				$25,000 To $49,999		8339.62	9312.997	10921.861	13270.762
				3000 To 4999		10722.73	12830.333	14277.976	16762.773
				5000 To 7499		7292.19	8922.661	9861.616	11782.461
				$50,000 Or More		15526.35	17801.387	21668.289	24857.229
				7500 To 14999		13337.48	14897.433	15604.75	18388.825
				All School Systems			94640.791	106418.647	123144.767
				Under 3000		20388.79	21738.64	24172.724	27424.024
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			8561.5	9279.912	10072.681	10786.181
			$25,000 To $49,999			8667.32	9620.853	11138.866	13419.387
			3000 To 4999			11211.08	13312.435	14818.09	17168.437
			5000 To 7499			7567.39	9220.411	10273.13	12031.377
			$50,000 Or More			15543.17	17837.055	21773.023	24917.721
			7500 To 14999			13868.4	15414.828	16142.336	18788.945
			All School Systems				97672.413	109923.976	125667.419
			Under 3000			21451.34	22986.919	25705.85	28555.371
		Short-term	All School Systems			2871.49
			School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		169.95	142.572	161.25	127.488
				$25,000 To $49,999		327.69	307.856	217.005	148.625
				3000 To 4999		488.35	482.102	540.114	405.664
				5000 To 7499		275.19	297.75	411.514	248.916
				$50,000 Or More		16.81	35.668	104.734	60.492
				7500 To 14999		530.92	517.395	537.586	400.12
				All School Systems			3031.622	3505.329	2522.652
				Under 3000		1062.54	1248.279	1533.126	1131.347
	Interest On Debt	All School Systems				4781.81
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			468.78	523.249	557.079	581.402
			$25,000 To $49,999			470.8	521.851	592.037	703.409
			3000 To 4999			584.05	685.912	767.016	880.727
			5000 To 7499			384.54	474.287	554.732	621.933
			$50,000 Or More			866.63	960.777	1083.578	1311.193
			7500 To 14999			743.54	820.437	884.551	971.34
			All School Systems				5187.176	5792.69	6572.518
			Under 3000			1263.43	1200.663	1353.697	1502.514
	Long-term Debt Issued	All School Systems				19323.26
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			1836.78	1306.544	1454.787	1635.454
			$25,000 To $49,999			2046.46	1349.242	2541.099	2399.953
			3000 To 4999			2096.88	2489.907	2721.422	3381.167
			5000 To 7499			1632.15	1720.665	1779.845	1935.94
			$50,000 Or More			4058.23	2911.97	5028.144	4438.415
			7500 To 14999			3105.69	2386.028	2667.095	3434.283
			All School Systems				16307.03	20989.105	22576.712
			Under 3000			4547.02	4142.674	4796.713	5351.5
	Long-term Debt Retired	All School Systems				10107.83
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			766.61	610.508	846.963	749.091
			$25,000 To $49,999			1070.02	691.838	895.422	1024.208
			3000 To 4999			1274.85	897.207	1226.4	1436.197
			5000 To 7499			886.21	724.887	896.453	941.182
			$50,000 Or More			1789.72	1250.117	1683.735	2034.206
			7500 To 14999			1677.94	1076.019	1381.204	1518.936
			All School Systems				7061.525	9207.169	10270.036
Under 3000			2642.45	1810.949	2276.992	2566.216
Other			All School Systems				47839.08
	School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			3551.3	3861.367	4102.325	4211.842
		$25,000 To $49,999			4557.49	4577.452	4884.401	5314.34
		3000 To 4999			5284.71	5734.76	6121.738	6475.326
		5000 To 7499			4058.48	4380.975	4685.188	4846.075
		$50,000 Or More			8176.71	8209.238	9111.065	9565.71
		7500 To 14999			6570.97	6611.766	6957.837	7371.945
		All School Systems				47777.014	50301.17	52340.425
		Under 3000			15639.42	14401.456	14438.616	14555.187
Payments To Other Governments	All School Systems				797.16
	School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			57.09	68.895	77.692	38.563
		$25,000 To $49,999			30.89	26.664	46.472	21.523
		3000 To 4999			127.65	92.031	123.777	129.728
		5000 To 7499			84.97	92.498	165.36	135.346
		$50,000 Or More			45.97	30.314	33.001	72.014
		7500 To 14999			129.93	141.455	187.613	177.65
		All School Systems				771.983	1153.856	1050.026
		Under 3000			320.63	320.126	519.941	475.202
School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999	Total Employee Benefits			2783.85	3186.401	3371.84	3486.016
	$15,000 To $24,999	Total Salaries And Wages			12510.01	13847.461	14497.147	15158.298
	$25,000 To $49,999	Total Employee Benefits			3615.51	3847.25	4074.801	4354.711
	$25,000 To $49,999	Total Salaries And Wages			15837.26	16640.194	17364.129	19110.62
	3000 To 4999	Total Employee Benefits			3822.2	4491.985	4803.06	4952.424
	3000 To 4999	Total Salaries And Wages			16759.45	19448.858	20171.837	21248.304
	5000 To 7499	Total Employee Benefits			2979.3	3487.922	3832.652	3930.327
	5000 To 7499	Total Salaries And Wages			13282.56	15133.059	16084.688	16702.522
	$50,000 Or More	Total Employee Benefits			7953.91	8416.679	8875.592	8799.939
	$50,000 Or More	Total Salaries And Wages			29510.82	31056.086	32889.136	34169.794
	7500 To 14999	Total Employee Benefits			5430.39	5835.303	6049.138	6361.593
	7500 To 14999	Total Salaries And Wages			22771.99	23944.653	24463.489	26131.366
	All School Systems	Total Employee Benefits				38931.584	41356.541	43546.518
	All School Systems	Total Salaries And Wages				159902.001	166431.31	175781.682
	Under 3000	Total Employee Benefits			10784.69	9666.044	10349.458	11661.508
	Under 3000	Total Salaries And Wages			41029.09	39831.69	40960.884	43260.778
Fall Enrollment²	All School Systems					43476.26
	School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999				3871.53	4140.563	4241.212	4248.057
		$25,000 To $49,999				4719.58	4798.712	4883.172	5204.725
		3000 To 4999				4707.12	5273.099	5322.447	5393.717
		5000 To 7499				3720.25	4066.346	4217.3	4212.353
		$50,000 Or More				8182.1	8301.883	8717.598	8895.004
		7500 To 14999				6723.04	6772.632	6728.831	6911.515
		All School Systems					44111.482	44840.481	45611.046
		Under 3000				11552.62	10758.247	10729.921	10745.675
General Expenditure	All School Systems					264436.4
	Current Spending	All School Systems				236910.15
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			18845.16	20895.229	21971.312	22856.156
			$25,000 To $49,999			24010.26	25064.896	26323.331	28779.671
			3000 To 4999			25866.36	29675.603	31096.635	32676.054
			5000 To 7499			20320.34	23001.956	24602.528	25478.924
			$50,000 Or More			45641.44	47682.003	50875.793	52535.443
			7500 To 14999			34773.35	36391.722	37470.464	39864.904
			All School Systems				246610.599	258089.021	271668.625
			Under 3000			67453.2	63899.19	65748.958	69477.473
	School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999				21281.69	23816.937	25235.605	26208.874
		$25,000 To $49,999				26948.27	28585.373	30149.85	33250.995
		3000 To 4999				28855.55	33111.196	35154.397	37698.973
		5000 To 7499				22519.7	25710.277	27782.451	29061.357
		$50,000 Or More				50750.78	53431.97	57450.626	59125.293
		7500 To 14999				39413.13	41170.486	42574.187	45715.845
		All School Systems					276873.85	292807.223	311725.318
		Under 3000				74667.25	71047.611	74460.107	80663.981
General Revenue	All School Systems					261897.87
	From Federal Sources	All School Systems				17068.05
		Direct	All School Systems			1425.19
			School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		108.73	104.555	101.341	109.726
				$25,000 To $49,999		163.89	179.918	158.723	168.081
				3000 To 4999		125.73	165.306	131.447	160.703
				5000 To 7499		88.49	98.424	105.515	82.04
				$50,000 Or More		228.79	288.307	282.563	236.77
				7500 To 14999		172.88	209.549	168.518	191.077
				All School Systems			1663.941	1566.037	1658.902
				Under 3000		536.66	617.882	617.93	710.505
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			1336.33	1478.071	1539.236	1593.254
			$25,000 To $49,999			1956.07	2017.508	2057.266	2214.636
			3000 To 4999			1499.38	1746.389	1741.849	1880.086
			5000 To 7499			1243.21	1348.22	1438.352	1469.756
			$50,000 Or More			4516.68	4528.398	4756.116	4862.002
			7500 To 14999			2283.48	2374.405	2366.669	2509.42
			All School Systems				18136.491	18604.617	19736.543
			Under 3000			4232.87	4643.5	4705.129	5207.389
		Through State	All School Systems			15642.86
			Child Nutrition Programs	All School Systems		4842.63
				School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999	397.92	450.79	480.203	514.203
					$25,000 To $49,999	604.26	612.956	645.604	709.978
					3000 To 4999	428.32	501.59	512.748	562.821
					5000 To 7499	355.13	391.395	424.993	449.629
					$50,000 Or More	1301.77	1299.148	1407.725	1523.878
					7500 To 14999	675.91	688.023	712.003	775.348
					All School Systems		5025.193	5228.761	5648.873
					Under 3000	1079.3	1081.291	1045.485	1113.016
			Compensatory Programs	All School Systems		6319.56
				School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999	456.11	508.501	523.122	387.881
					$25,000 To $49,999	677.39	703.91	697.295	543.615
					3000 To 4999	548.97	613.231	605.009	444.007
					5000 To 7499	448.21	469.692	491.184	356.138
					$50,000 Or More	1816.82	1814.158	1740.072	1393.793
					7500 To 14999	798.97	814.796	821.581	607.21
					All School Systems		6387.764	6307.199	5152.393
					Under 3000	1573.06	1463.476	1428.936	1419.749
			Handicapped Programs	All School Systems		1907.21
				School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999	157.63	179.011	190.001	185.274
					$25,000 To $49,999	202.69	209.197	226.309	245.196
					3000 To 4999	176.57	215.49	218.139	254.185
					5000 To 7499	158.25	178.124	190.807	206.477
					$50,000 Or More	304.7	353.185	444.919	448.449
					7500 To 14999	273.73	285.803	291.024	321.279
					All School Systems		2082.099	2255.219	2113.428
					Under 3000	633.61	661.289	694.02	452.568
			School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		1227.6	1373.516	1437.895	1483.528
				$25,000 To $49,999		1792.18	1837.59	1898.543	2046.555
				3000 To 4999		1373.65	1581.083	1610.402	1719.383
				5000 To 7499		1154.72	1249.796	1332.837	1387.716
				$50,000 Or More		4287.88	4240.091	4473.553	4625.232
				7500 To 14999		2110.6	2164.856	2198.151	2318.343
				All School Systems			16472.55	17038.58	18077.641
				Under 3000		3696.2	4025.618	4087.199	4496.884
	From Local Sources	All School Systems				124616.38
		Contributions From Parent Government	All School Systems			20878.34
			School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		1333.6	1576.607	1730.854	1773.816
				$25,000 To $49,999		1669.63	1776.422	1923.155	2033.845
				3000 To 4999		2041.51	2250.349	2275.473	2439.421
				5000 To 7499		1680.57	1898.583	1809.348	1706.169
				$50,000 Or More		8354.85	8542.828	8821.776	8977.382
				7500 To 14999		2445.42	2699.662	2649.256	2955.374
				All School Systems			21449.881	22430.674	22952.188
Under 3000				3352.74	2705.43	3220.812	3066.181
Current Charges		All School Systems			7026.89
		School Lunch	All School Systems		4011.29
			School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999	347.76	387.053	408.682	417.078
				$25,000 To $49,999	403.5	414.16	427.595	473.755
				3000 To 4999	509.58	564.474	591.028	620.543
				5000 To 7499	388.01	429.902	456.823	464.685
				$50,000 Or More	525.09	557.464	598.387	618.361
				7500 To 14999	665.71	671.575	692.176	739.01
				All School Systems		4154.337	4317.572	4494.412
				Under 3000	1171.61	1129.709	1142.881	1160.98
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		586.52	678.464	707.667	713.412
			$25,000 To $49,999		745.82	754.348	798.788	867.481
			3000 To 4999		832.86	919.717	956.174	1013.024
			5000 To 7499		629.77	722.605	756.574	781.848
			$50,000 Or More		1003.91	1052.693	1223.085	1176.819
			7500 To 14999		1073.38	1096.689	1152.339	1252.314
			All School Systems			7439.513	7876.078	8163.946
			Under 3000		2154.6	2214.997	2281.451	2359.048
From Other Local Governments		All School Systems			2,849
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		194.08	231.229	217.815	222.291
			$25,000 To $49,999		323.59	269.432	247.158	276.014
			3000 To 4999		362.64	424.951	420.378	409.889
			5000 To 7499		201.43	245.158	221.921	227.259
			$50,000 Or More		372.3	390.531	405.918	650.416
			7500 To 14999		288.46	299.462	242.939	245.696
			All School Systems			2920.012	3018.333	3220.423
			Under 3000		1106.48	1059.249	1262.204	1188.858
Other		All School Systems			7588.5
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		588.57	754.851	788.876	857.122
			$25,000 To $49,999		770.51	873.1	986.272	1130.363
			3000 To 4999		644.15	1024.488	1168.236	1169.84
			5000 To 7499		616.25	786.688	895.875	1014.223
			$50,000 Or More		1207.95	1539.725	1370.251	1559.822
			7500 To 14999		1144.09	1342.191	1461.385	1535.136
			All School Systems			8952.204	9493.894	10057.582
			Under 3000		2616.96	2631.161	2822.999	2791.076
School Systems With Enrollment Of		$15,000 To $24,999			9069.58	9673.201	9961.324	10078.698
		$25,000 To $49,999			11379.99	11889.657	12560.191	13886.555
		3000 To 4999			15330.79	16939.554	17547.486	18479.244
		5000 To 7499			11547.63	12742.685	13338.479	14117.398
		$50,000 Or More			22933.54	23947.34	25012.311	26149.335
		7500 To 14999			18380.56	18399.491	18759.184	20171.109
		All School Systems				126448.3	131457.152	137788.341
		Under 3000			35974.26	32856.372	34278.177	34906.002
Taxes		All School Systems			86273.63
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		6366.8	6432.05	6516.112	6512.057
			$25,000 To $49,999		7870.43	8216.355	8604.818	9578.852
			3000 To 4999		11449.61	12320.049	12727.225	13447.07
			5000 To 7499		8419.6	9089.651	9654.761	10387.899
			$50,000 Or More		11994.51	12421.563	13191.281	13784.896
			7500 To 14999		13429.2	12961.487	13253.265	14182.589
			All School Systems			85686.69	88638.173	93394.202
			Under 3000		26743.46	24245.535	24690.711	25500.839
From State Sources³		All School Systems				120213.43
	General Formula Assistance	All School Systems			80879.67
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		7503.89	8738.578	9734.915	10780.537
			$25,000 To $49,999		8604.188	9273.074	9897.345	11706.925
			3000 To 4999		8326.82	10659.443	11323.303	12259.506
			5000 To 7499		6562.96	8127.964	9093.824	9725.309
			$50,000 Or More		14535.28	15327.688	16923.786	18312.533
			7500 To 14999		12584.43	14156.29	14984.749	16420.252
			All School Systems			89911.788	97246.47	106557.382
			Under 3000		22762.08	23628.751	25288.548	27352.32
	Handicapped Programs	All School Systems			8086.04
		School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999		795.6	872.335	870.182	747.323
			$25,000 To $49,999		1093.37	1100.494	1141.889	973.88
			3000 To 4999		678.98	815.978	846.619	782.203
			5000 To 7499		627.63	696.394	739.054	665.415
			$50,000 Or More		1484.42	1536.562	1784.327	1637.86
			7500 To 14999		1152.11	1195.564	1225.306	1164.822
			All School Systems			8333.358	8834.012	8037.672
			Under 3000		2253.89	2116.031	2226.635	2066.169
	School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999			10799.46	12345.725	13377.456	14644.484
		$25,000 To $49,999			13561.429	14072.605	15039.451	16892.284
		3000 To 4999			11885.06	14793.35	15571.905	16649.838
		5000 To 7499			9629.68	11572.417	12651.058	13369.127
		$50,000 Or More			22982.38	24075.527	26467.666	28231.947
		7500 To 14999			18332.4	19913.452	20970.204	22783.346
		All School Systems				130601.564	139167.98	149946.399
		Under 3000			33022.99	33828.488	35090.24	37375.373
School Systems With Enrollment Of	$15,000 To $24,999				21205.38	23496.997	24878.016	26316.436
	$25,000 To $49,999				26897.49	27979.77	29656.908	32993.475
	3000 To 4999				28715.25	33479.293	34861.24	37009.168
	5000 To 7499				22420.53	25663.322	27427.889	28956.281
	$50,000 Or More				50432.61	52551.265	56236.093	59243.284
	7500 To 14999				38996.45	40687.348	42096.057	45463.875
	All School Systems					275186.355	289229.749	307471.283
	Under 3000				73230.13	71328.36	74073.546	77488.764

Footnotes

¹ Quantities in millions.

² Thousands

³ Includes other sources, not shown separately.

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Census of Governments, Public Education Finances, GC 97(4)-1; Internet site (accessed 23 June 2000);

<http://www.census.gov/govs/www/>

<http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school.html>

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