The U.S. Census Bureau

Federal, State, and Local Governments
Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
Selected Data as Displayed in Statistical Tables
Technical Documentation (2000 and 2001)

 
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Contents


 Introduction
 
The files described below contain financial information for public elementary-secondary school systems as displayed in Tables 15, 16, and 17 of the Statistical Tables for Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finances: 1999-2000 and 2000-2001. Table 15 provides revenue, expenditure, debt, and enrollment data, Table 16 provides percent distribution of revenues, and Table 17 provides per pupil expenditure data.
 
This documentation provides a brief identification of the data items, their location in the tables, and field names. For complete information about public elementary-secondary school system file data, please see the complete file documentation and the introduction and appendices that accompany the statistical tables.
 
Unlike the statistical tables, these files include all elementary-secondary school systems from the complete data file, regardless of enrollment size.
 
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 Data File Formats
 
The files are comma delimited ASCII files, with alphanumeric data enclosed in double quotes ["]. The first record in each file contains the field names referenced below in the RECORD LAYOUT section.
The data have been divided into three files to limit the number of records in each file. This will enable users to easily import data into most spreadsheet or database software packages. These files are divided by state as follows:
  • Alabama through Massachusetts (including the District of Columbia)
  • Michigan through North Dakota
  • Ohio through Wyoming
When importing the comma delimited files into a spreadsheet or database, data users should specify the format of the following fields as 'text' (rather than 'general' or 'numeric'): GOVSID and FIPS.
 
 
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 Data File Names and Sizes
 
The 2000 and 2001 files may be downloaded from the Census Bureau's web site under Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data.

  FY 2001 Self-extracting file:         01esetdt.exe  (2.0 MB)
          Data files:                   01tal-ma.txt  (1.7 MB)
                                        01tmi-nd.txt  (1.4 MB)
                                        01toh-wy.txt  (1.5 MB) 

  FY 2000 Self-extracting file:         00esetdt.exe  (1.9 MB)
          Data files:                   00tal-ma.txt  (1.7 MB)
                                        00tmi-nd.txt  (1.4 MB)
                                        00toh-wy.txt  (1.5 MB) 

 
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 Record Layout
 
An asterisk (*) next to the position denotes an alphanumeric character string; all other items are numeric. With the exception of fall membership, data for Table 15 are expressed in thousands of dollars, Table 16 in percent, and Table 17 in dollars. Fall membership (enrollment) data are expressed in whole numbers.
 
Table 15 | Table 16 | Table 17
 
SCHOOL SYSTEM DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION:
                                                               Same data
                                          Table,   Field       in larger
F-33 Item Description                     Column   Name        file

School System Identification Number......          GOVSID *      
FIPS Codes...............................          FIPS * \1  
  State  (characters 1 - 2) 
  County (characters 3 - 5)
  SMSA   (characters 6 - 9)
  CMSA   (characters 10 - 11)
School System Name.......................          NAME *           X
Fall Membership, October 1999 (FY 2000),
                 October 2000 (FY 2001)..  15,1    ENROLL           X
                                           17,1
\1 - Information about matching counties to their Federal Information Processing System or FIPS codes is available from the Census Bureau's web site under State and County Demographic and Economic Profiles.
 
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TABLE 15 DATA
                                                                Same data
                                          Table,   Field        in larger
Item Description                          Column   Name         file

TOTAL ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY REVENUE.......  15,2    TOTALREV         X

Total Revenue from Federal Sources.......  15,3    TFEDREV          X
  Title I grants.........................  15,4    FEDRCOMP
  Children with disabilities.............  15,5    FEDRHAND
  Child Nutrition Act....................  15,6    FEDRNUTR
  All other federal aid..................  15,7    FEDROTHR

Total Revenue from State Sources.........  15,8    TSTREV           X
  General formula assistance.............  15,9    STRFORM
  Special education programs.............  15,10   STRHAND
  Transportation programs................  15,11   STRTRANS
  All other state revenue................  15,12   STROTHR

Total Revenue from Local Sources.........  15,13   TLOCREV          X
  All taxes..............................  15,14   LOCRTAX
    Property taxes.......................  15,15   LOCRPROP
  Parent government contributions........  15,16   LOCRPAR
  Revenue from cities and counties.......  15,17   LOCRCICO
  Revenue from other school systems......  15,18   LOCROSCH
  Charges................................  15,19   LOCRCHAR
  Other local revenues...................  15,20   LOCROTHR


TOTAL ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY EXPENDITURE...  15,21   TOTALEXP         X

Total Current Spending...................  15,22   TCURSPND         

Salary Exhibits
(Included in Current Spending Above)
  Total salaries and wages...............  15,23   TSALWAGE
  Total employee benefit payments........  15,24   TEMPBENE  


Total Current Spending for Instruction...  15,25   TCURINST         X
  Salaries and wages for instruction.....  15,26   TCURISAL
  Employee benefits for instruction......  15,27   TCURIBEN

Total Current Spending for Support Svcs..  15,28   TCURSSVC         X
  Pupil support..........................  15,29   TCURSPUP 
  Instructional staff support............  15,30   TCURSSTA 
  General administration.................  15,31   TCURSGEN 
  School administration..................  15,32   TCURSSCH 
  Other and nonspecified.................  15,33   TCURSOTH 

Other Current Spending...................  15,34   TCURONON


Total Capital Outlay Expenditure.........  15,35   TCAPOUT          X

Payments to Other Governments............  15,36   TPAYOTH

Interest on School System Indebtedness...  15,37   TINTRST


DEBT  (LONG-TERM)
Outstanding at End of the Fiscal Year....  15,38   DEBTOUT
  Issued during the fiscal year..........  15,39   LONGISSU
  Retired during the fiscal year.........  15,40   LONGRET
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TABLE 16 DATA
                                                                
                                          Table,   Field        
Item Description                          Column   Name           

TOTAL ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY REVENUE.......  16,1    PCTTOTAL
  Total Revenue from Federal Sources.....  16,2    PCTFTOT
    Title I grants.......................  16,3    PCTFCOMP
  Total Revenue from State Sources.......  16,4    PCTSTOT
    General formula assistance...........  16,5    PCTSFORM
  Total Revenue from Local Sources.......  16,6    PCTLTOT
    Taxes & parent govt contributions....  16,7    PCTLTAXP
    Revenue from other governments.......  16,8    PCTLOTHG
    Charges..............................  16,9    PCTLCHAR
 
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TABLE 17 DATA
 

                                          Table,   Field        
Item Description                          Column   Name           

Total Current Spending (Elem-Sec)........  17,2    PPCSTOT
  Total salaries and wages...............  17,3    PPSALWG
  Total employee benefit payments........  17,4    PPEMPBEN  
  Total Current Spending for Instruction.  17,5    PPITOTAL 
    Salaries and wages...................  17,6    PPISALWG
    Employee benefits....................  17,7    PPIEMBEN
  Total Current Spending for Support Svcs  17,8    PPSTOTAL 
    Pupil support........................  17,9    PPSPUPIL 
    Instructional staff support..........  17,10   PPSSTAFF 
    General administration...............  17,11   PPSGENAD 
    School administration................  17,12   PPSSCHAD 
        
 
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 Release Dates
 
Fiscal year of data: 2000 2001
Release Date: 5/23/2002 3/11/2003
Date of last revision: 7/10/2002 none
 
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