For Homeschooling Teacher Parents—Born To Teach Comes Naturally To Parents! Homeschool Parents Should Be Reimbursed For School Funding Just Like The Schools Get For Every Single Student Every Day!
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For Homeschooling Teacher Parents—Born To Teach Comes Naturally To Parents! Homeschool Parents Should Be Reimbursed For School Funding Just Like The Schools Get For Every Single Student Every Day!
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Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States were $927 billion in 2020–21 (in constant 2022–23 dollars).1, 2, 3This amounts to an average of $18,614 per public school pupil enrolled in the fall of that school year.4 Data in this indicator represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia unless otherwise noted.
Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States were $927 billion in 2020–21 (in constant 2022–23 dollars).1, 2, 3This amounts to an average of $18,614 per public school pupil enrolled in the fall of that school year.4 Data in this indicator represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia unless otherwise noted.
In 2020–21, across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, total expenditures per pupil were lowest in Idaho ($11,686) and Utah ($12,301). They were highest in the District of Columbia ($37,835) and New York ($32,184).
Types of Expenditures
In 2020–21, of the $18,614 spent on total expenditures per pupil nationally,
- current expenditures—which include salaries, employee benefits, purchased services, supplies, tuition, and other expenditures—accounted for $16,280 (87 percent);
- capital outlay—which includes expenditures for property, buildings, and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors—accounted for $1,833 (10 percent); and
- interest on school debt accounted for $501 (3 percent).
Per pupil spending on these three types of expenditures varied by state in 2020–21. As a percentage of total expenditures, current expenditures per pupil were
- lowest in the District of Columbia (76 percent) and Oregon (77 percent); and
- highest in Vermont and Rhode Island (96 percent in each).
- lowest in Rhode Island (3 percent) and Vermont and Massachusetts (4 percent in each); and
- highest in the District of Columbia (19 percent) and Oregon (18 percent).
- lowest in Hawaii (0 percent) and Wyoming, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Vermont (less than one-half of 1 percent in each); and
- highest in the District of Columbia (6 percent) and Texas, Oregon, and Colorado (5 percent in each).
Data on public school expenditures were available for some other U.S. jurisdictions as well.5 Across these jurisdictions in 2020–21, total per pupil expenditures were lowest in American Samoa ($9,256) and Puerto Rico ($9,476), followed by Guam ($14,701) and the U.S. Virgin Islands ($18,650). The percentage of total expenditures that were current expenditures ranged from 91 to 100 percent in these four jurisdictions.
Average current expenditures per pupil enrolled in the fall in public elementary and secondary schools increased by 13 percent from 2010–11 ($14,453) to 2020–21 ($16,280), after adjusting for inflation. During this period, current expenditures per pupil were lowest in 2012–13 ($13,952) and then increased each year from 2012–13 to 2020–21.
