Federal

Federal funding generally makes up 10% or less of “all school  revenues" (Carey 2).

• Federal funding was simply meant “to supplement, not supplant, state and local resources" (Carey 2).
• Public schools have historically been funded by a majority of local and state taxes. 

State

The funding from state taxes varies between states (Carey 11).

• State funding accounts for 83.9% of funding in New Mexico.
• State funding accounts for 38.2% of funding in Nebraska.                  

Local

Local taxes make up for the rest of the funding not done through the Federal and State governments.

• Normally the majority of this funding is done through local property taxes.