Public school system revenues in the United States

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Each year, the government issues a report detailing revenue amounts by source for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Below are tables that collect these data, both in the form of dollar amount and percentages by source.

Fiscal year 2013

Public school system revenues in dollars

During fiscal year 2013, California received greater public education revenue than any other state in the country, while Wyoming received the lowest total revenue.

The table below provides information on public education revenue in dollar amounts throughout the country. All amounts listed below are in thousands of dollars. For example, if the chart displays the number "$400,000," it would translate into "$400,000,000."

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Public school system revenues for elementary and secondary school districts, by state: Fiscal year 2013
State	Federal revenue	State revenue	Local revenue	Total
Alabama	$811,739	$3,898,347	$2,443,158	$7,153,244
Alaska	$320,938	$1,707,449	$516,689	$2,545,076
Arizona	$1,178,356	$2,934,165	$3,985,395	$8,097,916
Arkansas	$572,096	$3,847,045	$631,643	$5,050,784
California	$7,836,263	$35,141,208	$23,468,448	$66,445,919
Colorado	$696,266	$3,693,829	$4,392,164	$8,782,259
Connecticut	$434,543	$3,870,444	$5,801,990	$10,106,977
Delaware	$151,096	$1,124,112	$604,386	$1,879,594
District of Columbia	$129,874	N/A	$1,170,162	$1,300,036
Florida	$3,027,018	$9,455,562	$12,191,525	$24,674,105
Georgia	$1,805,878	$7,577,585	$8,065,837	$17,449,300
Hawaii	$310,778	$1,962,923	$58,069	$2,331,770
Idaho	$238,656	$1,278,155	$498,783	$2,015,594
Illinois	$2,311,235	$10,392,455	$16,688,203	$29,391,893
Indiana	$980,013	$7,503,451	$3,505,091	$11,988,555
Iowa	$459,132	$3,118,413	$2,452,461	$6,030,006
Kansas	$420,820	$3,193,838	$2,051,126	$5,665,784
Kentucky	$867,735	$3,960,822	$2,386,459	$7,215,016
Louisiana	$1,229,248	$3,370,399	$3,484,625	$8,084,272
Maine	$196,466	$1,046,527	$1,361,267	$2,604,260
Maryland	$828,432	$6,093,652	$6,888,206	$13,810,290
Massachusetts	$818,054	$6,428,534	$8,732,961	$15,979,549
Michigan	$1,636,904	$9,882,361	$5,861,099	$17,380,364
Minnesota	$648,189	$6,792,258	$3,264,242	$10,704,689
Mississippi	$707,522	$2,213,501	$1,511,995	$4,433,018
Missouri	$894,168	$4,235,564	$4,900,767	$10,030,499
Montana	$210,593	$788,329	$652,713	$1,651,635
Nebraska	$366,241	$1,217,306	$2,211,092	$3,794,639
Nevada	$392,009	$2,556,472	$1,181,811	$4,130,292
New Hampshire	$163,890	$1,020,089	$1,691,687	$2,875,666
New Jersey	$1,120,771	$10,458,175	$15,449,220	$27,028,166
New Mexico	$519,318	$2,401,884	$597,419	$3,518,621
New York	$3,335,657	$23,632,698	$32,430,464	$59,398,819
North Carolina	$1,579,889	$7,891,977	$3,257,536	$12,729,402
North Dakota	$145,905	$685,348	$530,337	$1,361,590
Ohio	$1,721,213	$8,990,516	$11,019,419	$21,731,148
Oklahoma	$715,944	$2,890,048	$2,270,083	$5,876,075
Oregon	$471,682	$3,041,825	$2,508,173	$6,021,680
Pennsylvania	$2,049,113	$9,764,558	$15,210,613	$27,024,284
Rhode Island	$193,393	$841,875	$1,226,290	$2,261,558
South Carolina	$814,137	$3,819,285	$3,608,526	$8,241,948
South Dakota	$194,731	$408,009	$711,591	$1,314,331
Tennessee	$1,165,801	$4,097,627	$3,622,027	$8,885,455
Texas	$5,695,947	$19,237,871	$24,974,745	$49,908,563
Utah	$409,774	$2,235,917	$1,656,221	$4,301,912
Vermont	$114,697	$1,431,621	$72,591	$1,618,909
Virginia	$1,108,879	$5,874,323	$8,000,628	$14,983,830
Washington	$1,042,200	$7,160,395	$3,947,651	$12,150,246
West Virginia	$383,169	$2,027,414	$1,064,396	$3,474,979
Wisconsin	$827,432	$4,839,617	$5,134,855	$10,801,904
Wyoming	$113,501	$881,114	$698,563	$1,693,178
United States	$54,367,305	$272,916,892	$270,645,402	$597,929,599
Source: United States Census Bureau, "Public education finances: 2013 (Table 1)"

Public school system revenues in percentages

Below is a chart that displays public school system revenue in terms of percentages. Displayed before the chart are the states that reported the highest and lowest percentages received from each of the three different sources.

• Federal sources
  • Highest: Mississippi
    
  • Lowest: New Jersey
• State sources
  • Highest: Vermont
    
  • Lowest: South Dakota
• Local sources
  • Highest: Washington, D.C.
    
  • Lowest: Hawaii

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Public school system revenues by state, in percentages: Fiscal year 2013
State	Federal revenue	State revenue	Local revenue
Alabama	11.3%	54.5%	34.2%
Alaska	12.6%	67.1%	20.3%
Arizona	14.6%	36.2%	49.2%
Arkansas	11.3%	76.2%	12.5%
California	11.8%	52.9%	35.3%
Colorado	7.9%	42.1%	50%
Connecticut	4.3%	38.3%	57.4%
Delaware	8%	59.8%	32.2%
District of Columbia	10%	N/A	90%
Florida	12.3%	38.3%	49.4%
Georgia	10.3%	43.4%	46.2%
Hawaii	13.3%	84.2%	2.5%
Idaho	11.8%	63.4%	24.7%
Illinois	7.9%	35.4%	56.8%
Indiana	8.2%	62.6%	29.2%
Iowa	7.6%	51.7%	40.7%
Kansas	7.4%	56.4%	36.2%
Kentucky	12%	54.9%	33.1%
Louisiana	15.2%	41.7%	43.1%
Maine	7.5%	40.2%	52.3%
Maryland	6%	44.1%	49.9%
Massachusetts	5.1%	40.2%	54.7%
Michigan	9.4%	56.9%	33.7%
Minnesota	6.1%	63.5%	30.5%
Mississippi	16%	49.9%	34.1%
Missouri	8.9%	42.2%	48.9%
Montana	12.8%	47.7%	39.5%
Nebraska	9.7%	32.1%	58.3%
Nevada	9.5%	61.9%	28.6%
New Hampshire	5.7%	35.5%	58.8%
New Jersey	4.1%	38.7%	57.2%
New Mexico	14.8%	68.3%	17%
New York	5.6%	39.8%	54.6%
North Carolina	12.4%	62%	25.6%
North Dakota	10.7%	50.3%	38.9%
Ohio	7.9%	41.4%	50.7%
Oklahoma	12.2%	49.2%	38.6%
Oregon	7.8%	50.5%	41.7%
Pennsylvania	7.6%	36.1%	56.3%
Rhode Island	8.6%	37.2%	54.2%
South Carolina	9.9%	46.3%	43.8%
South Dakota	14.8%	31%	54.1%
Tennessee	13.1%	46.1%	40.8%
Texas	11.4%	38.5%	50%
Utah	9.5%	52%	38.5%
Vermont	7.1%	88.4%	4.5%
Virginia	7.4%	39.2%	53.4%
Washington	8.6%	58.9%	32.5%
West Virginia	11%	58.3%	30.6%
Wisconsin	7.7%	44.8%	47.5%
Wyoming	6.7%	52%	41.3%
United States	9.1%	45.6%	45.3%
Source: United States Census Bureau, "Public education finances: 2013 (Table 1)"

Fiscal year 2011

The following table lists the amount of revenue generated for education in dollar amounts and percentages by source. California received the highest amount of revenue from the federal government and the state government, while New York received the highest amount of revenue from local government sources during fiscal year 2011.

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Summary of public school system revenues for elementary and secondary school districts, by state: Fiscal year 2011
State	Total	Federal revenue	Federal revenue Percentage	State revenue	State revenue Percentage	Local revenue	Local revenue Percentage
Alabama	$7,375,156	$1,077,070	14.6%	$3,965,614	53.77%	$2,332,472	31.63%
Alaska	$2,357,828	$420,152	17.82%	$1,416,163	60.06%	$521,513	22.12%
Arizona	$9,312,673	$1,367,644	14.69%	$3,839,130	41.22%	$4,105,899	44.09%
Arkansas	$5,209,009	$834,685	16.02%	$2,667,090	51.2%	$1,707,234	32.77%
California	$68,637,755	$9,995,705	14.56%	$37,793,351	55.06%	$20,848,699	30.37%
Colorado	$8,768,244	$979,904	11.18%	$3,543,208	40.41%	$4,245,132	48.41%
Connecticut	$9,673,216	$799,526	8.27%	$3,254,757	33.65%	$5,618,933	58.09%
Delaware	$1,800,918	$202,501	11.24%	$1,073,154	59.59%	$525,263	29.17%
District of Columbia	$1,837,222	$227,234	12.37%	n/a	n/a	1,609,988	87.63%
Florida	$26,446,473	$4,710,376	17.81%	$9,069,119	34.29%	$12,666,978	47.9%
Georgia	$18,035,305	$2,267,612	12.57%	$7,499,327	41.58%	$8,268,366	45.85%
Hawaii	$2,499,513	$347,363	13.9%	$2,088,870	83.57%	$63,280	2.53%
Idaho	$2,152,439	$299,354	13.91%	$1,371,789	63.73%	$481,296	22.36%
Illinois	$28,700,441	$2,895,524	10.09%	$9,304,948	32.42%	$16,499,969	57.49%
Indiana	$12,047,434	$1,059,777	8.8%	$7,483,801	62.12%	$3,503,856	29.08%
Iowa	$5,876,820	$596,688	10.15%	$2,537,754	43.18%	$2,742,378	46.66%
Kansas	$5,537,274	$612,100	11.05%	$2,945,175	53.19%	$1,979,999	35.76%
Kentucky	$7,103,292	$1,164,688	16.4%	$3,704,126	52.15%	$2,234,478	31.46%
Louisiana	$8,217,220	$1,570,393	19.11%	$3,404,656	41.43%	$3,242,171	39.46%
Maine	$2,600,312	$289,346	11.13%	$1,045,786	40.22%	$1,265,180	48.65%
Maryland	$13,439,078	$1,255,964	9.35%	$5,508,339	40.99%	$6,674,775	49.67%
Massachusetts	$15,255,880	$1,197,383	7.85%	$5,783,240	37.91%	$8,275,257	54.24%
Michigan	$19,463,241	$2,677,078	13.75%	$10,710,646	55.03%	$6,075,517	31.22%
Minnesota	$11,185,403	$886,619	7.93%	$6,657,769	59.52%	$3,641,015	32.55%
Mississippi	$4,507,702	$1,006,465	22.33%	$2,071,467	45.95%	$1,429,770	31.72%
Missouri	$10,102,453	$1,389,362	13.75%	$2,963,196	29.33%	$5,749,895	56.92%
Montana	$1,618,618	$264,594	16.35%	$713,886	44.1%	$640,138	39.55%
Nebraska	$3,801,928	$571,969	15.04%	$1,153,077	30.33%	$2,076,882	54.63%
Nevada	$4,195,561	$447,888	10.68%	$1,388,154	33.09%	$2,359,519	56.24%
New Hampshire	$2,845,195	$184,768	6.49%	$1,061,011	37.29%	$1,599,416	56.21%
New Jersey	$25,688,539	$1,320,021	5.14%	$9,521,328	37.06%	$14,847,190	57.8%
New Mexico	$3,634,068	$641,925	17.66%	$2,390,635	65.78%	$601,508	16.55%
New York	$57,583,114	$5,127,425	8.9%	$23,189,453	40.27%	$29,266,236	50.82%
North Carolina	$14,778,244	$2,086,278	14.12%	$7,690,062	52.04%	$5,001,904	33.85%
North Dakota	$1,262,676	$186,844	14.8%	$630,430	49.93%	$445,402	35.27%
Ohio	$23,718,610	$2,762,051	11.65%	$10,510,451	44.31%	$10,446,108	44.04%
Oklahoma	$5,840,364	$970,577	16.62%	$2,745,748	47.01%	$2,124,039	36.37%
Oregon	$6,062,018	$848,637	14%	$2,792,762	46.07%	$2,420,619	39.93%
Pennsylvania	$27,223,440	$3,469,273	12.74%	$9,309,365	34.2%	$14,444,802	53.06%
Rhode Island	$2,273,004	$244,530	10.76%	$830,220	36.53%	$1,198,254	52.72%
South Carolina	$7,845,796	$1,051,679	13.4%	$3,408,719	43.45%	$3,385,398	43.15%
South Dakota	$1,295,143	$262,395	20.26%	$374,648	28.93%	$658,100	50.81%
Tennessee	$8,645,594	$1,272,825	14.72%	$3,955,476	45.75%	$3,417,293	39.53%
Texas	$52,211,699	$8,009,703	15.34%	$20,699,461	39.65%	$23,502,535	45.01%
Utah	$4,321,123	$519,547	12.02%	$2,211,870	51.19%	$1,589,706	36.79%
Vermont	$1,518,109	$107,275	7.07%	$1,339,844	88.26%	$70,990	4.68%
Virginia	$14,418,028	$1,427,301	9.9%	$5,351,177	37.11%	$7,639,550	52.99%
Washington	$11,816,324	$1,367,629	11.57%	$6,758,505	57.2%	$3,690,190	31.23%
West Virginia	$3,464,575	$510,256	14.73%	$1,927,726	55.64%	$1,026,593	29.63%
Wisconsin	$11,405,841	$1,002,909	8.79%	$5,226,954	45.83%	$5,175,978	45.38%
Wyoming	$1,646,865	$154,955	9.41%	$878,979	53.37%	$612,931	37.22%
United States	$607,256,777	$74,943,767	12.34%	$267,762,416	44.09%	$264,550,594	43.56%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal year 2011, Provisional Version 1a.

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