More than 90% of school funding comes from state and local sources: Revenues for public elementary and secondary schools by source of funds, 2017–2018

  2017–2018 
Federal 7.8%
State 46.8%
Local property taxes 36.6%
Local other public revenue  7.1%
Local private revenue 1.6%

Source: National Center for Education Statistics’ Digest of Education Statistics (NCES 2020a).

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