TABLE I.-Total population, school-age population, and enrollment by grade group in full-time public elementary and secondary day schools, by State, 1959-60-Con. [Enrollment data for 1959-60 are preliminary; U.S. totals for 1957-58 have been restated to include Alaska and Hawaii] Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, "1960 Census of Population," Advance Reports, General Population Characteristics, Series PC (A2); and unpublished data for the outlying parts. * State enrollment data generally represent a cumulative count of the total number of different pupils registered at any time during the school year in each State. Hence, pupils enrolled in 2 or more States at any time during the school year are counted more than once; this tends to inflate the total enrollment for the United States. It is estimated that the net U.S. enrollment, excluding interstate transfers, was 2 to 3 percent less than the totals shown. Data not available. • Includes an estimate for kindergarten. Enrollment not cumulative, but as of a specific date. Source: "Preliminary Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60," Table 1, U.S. Office of Education Circular No. 663, July 1961. TABLE II.-Revenue receipts for public schools by source, by State: 1959–60 [In thousands of dollars. Data for 1959-60 are preliminary; U.S. totals for 1957-58 have been restated to include Alaska and Hawaii] TABLE II.-Revenue receipts for public schools by source, by State: 1959-60-Con. [In thousands of dollars. Data for 1959-60 are preliminary; U.S. totals for 1957-58 have been restated to include Alaska and Hawaii] 1 Includes value of commodities distributed under the school lunch program. Other revenue receipts included here are gifts and tuition and fees from patrons, which generally account for a minor fraction of 1 percent of total revenue receipts. Less than 0.05 percent. 4 Less than $500. Estimated. NOTE. Because of rounding, detail may not add to totals. Source: "Preliminary Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60," table 5, U.S. Office of Education Circular No. 663, July 1961. TABLE III.-Expenditures for public schools by major purpose, current expenditure per pupil, and average salary of instructional staff, by State, 1959-60 [Data for 1959-60 are preliminary; U.S. totals for 1957-58 have been restated to include Alaska and Hawaii] TABLE III. Expenditures for public schools by major purpose, current expenditure per pupil, and average salary of instructional staff, by State, 1959-60—Continued [Data for 1959-60 are preliminary; U.S. totals for 1957-58 have been restated to include Alaska and Hawaii] Includes expenditures for community services, summer schools, community colleges, and adult education. 2 Includes supervisors, principals, teachers, and other instructional staff. Includes (a) current expenditures for day schools allocated to pupil costs; (b) certain current expenditures for day schools not allocated to pupil costs; and (c) current expenditures for summer schools, adult education, and community colleges in California which are not separately available. However, (b) and (c) have been excluded in computing per pupil expenditures. Expended by local school districts only. Not included are capital outlays and interest payments made by other agencies such as State and local schoolhousing authorities and governmental units whose financial transactions are not recorded in school district accounts. Such nonschool agency expenditures for capital outlay by State and local schoolhousing authorities amounted to $242,000,000 in 1957-58 and $194,000,000 in 1959-60 ($13,000,000 in Georgia, $40,000,000 in Indiana, $20 million in Kentucky, and $121 million in Pennsylvania). Estimated. • Includes clerks. Includes attendance personnel. 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