Administration’s Share

STATE OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY

Analysis of data published by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics shows 6.7 percent of school districts’ budgets related to administration in 2019-20, the most recent year available. Twenty years earlier, the percentage was 6.6 percent.

The federal government includes the following categories when calculating total administrative costs at both the district and site levels: salaries, employee benefits, purchased services and supplies.

Source: Digest of Education Statistics, National Center for Education Statistics, 1990-91 through 2019-20