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Table 166. Total and current expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1919-20 to 2001-02

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            |        Expenditure per pupil in      |          Expenditure per pupil in
            |        average daily attendance      |             fall enrollment\1\
            |______________________________________|_________________________________________________
   School   |                  | Constant 2001-02  |                  | Constant 2001-02
    year    |Unadjusted dollars|      dollars\2\   |Unadjusted dollars|______________________________
            |__________________|___________________|__________________| Total   |Current |Annual per-
            | Total   |Current | Total   | Current | Total   |Current |expendi- |expendi-|cent change
            |expendi- |expendi-|expendi- |expendi- |expendi- |expendi-|ture     |  ture  |in current
            |ture     |  ture  |ture     |ture     |ture     |  ture  |         |        |expenditure
____________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________|________|_________|________|___________
     1      |      2  |   3    |     4   |     5   |     6   |   7    |     8   |   9    |    10
____________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________|________|_________|________|___________
1919-20 ....|     $64 |    $53 |    $598 |    $499 |     $48 |    $40 |    $448 |   $373 |       ---
1929-30 ....|     108 |     87 |   1,129 |     903 |      90 |     72 |     935 |    747 |       ---
1931-32 ....|      97 |     81 |   1,197 |   1,002 |      82 |     69 |   1,014 |    848 |       ---
1933-34 ....|      76 |     67 |   1,026 |     908 |      65 |     57 |     871 |    771 |       ---
1935-36 ....|      88 |     74 |   1,140 |     963 |      74 |     63 |     964 |    815 |       ---
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1937-38 ....|     100 |     84 |   1,240 |   1,043 |      86 |     72 |   1,065 |    896 |       ---
1939-40 ....|     106 |     88 |   1,348 |   1,123 |      92 |     76 |   1,168 |    973 |       ---
1941-42 ....|     110 |     98 |   1,257 |   1,124 |      94 |     84 |   1,077 |    962 |       ---
1943-44 ....|     125 |    117 |   1,275 |   1,196 |     105 |     99 |   1,074 |  1,008 |       ---
1945-46 ....|     146 |    136 |   1,425 |   1,332 |     124 |    116 |   1,214 |  1,135 |       ---
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1947-48 ....|     205 |    181 |   1,567 |   1,388 |     179 |    158 |   1,368 |  1,212 |       ---
1949-50 ....|     260 |    210 |   1,959 |   1,583 |     231 |    187 |   1,738 |  1,404 |       ---
1951-52 ....|     314 |    246 |   2,132 |   1,668 |     275 |    215 |   1,867 |  1,461 |       ---
1953-54 ....|     351 |    265 |   2,326 |   1,755 |     312 |    236 |   2,068 |  1,560 |       ---
1955-56 ....|     387 |    294 |   2,565 |   1,950 |     354 |    269 |   2,345 |  1,783 |       ---
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1957-58 ....|     447 |    341 |   2,792 |   2,129 |     408 |    311 |   2,546 |  1,941 |       ---
1959-60 ....|     471 |    375 |   2,856 |   2,275 |     440 |    350 |   2,668 |  2,125 |       ---
1961-62 ....|     517 |    419 |   3,066 |   2,484 |     485 |    393 |   2,877 |  2,331 |       ---
1963-64 ....|     559 |    460 |   3,228 |   2,660 |     520 |    428 |   3,004 |  2,475 |       ---
1965-66 ....|     654 |    538 |   3,651 |   3,003 |     607 |    499 |   3,390 |  2,788 |       ---
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1967-68 ....|     786 |    658 |   4,121 |   3,449 |     732 |    612 |   3,833 |  3,209 |       ---
1969-70 ....|     955 |    816 |   4,505 |   3,849 |     879 |    751 |   4,147 |  3,544 |       ---
1970-71 ....|   1,049 |    911 |   4,707 |   4,087 |     970 |    842 |   4,352 |  3,778 |       6.6
1971-72 ....|   1,128 |    990 |   4,884 |   4,286 |   1,034 |    908 |   4,479 |  3,931 |       4.0
1972-73 ....|   1,211 |  1,077 |   5,039 |   4,483 |   1,117 |    993 |   4,648 |  4,135 |       5.2
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1973-74 ....|   1,364 |  1,207 |   5,213 |   4,614 |   1,244 |  1,101 |   4,753 |  4,207 |       1.7
1974-75 ....|   1,545 |  1,365 |   5,315 |   4,695 |   1,423 |  1,257 |   4,896 |  4,325 |       2.8
1975-76 ....|   1,697 |  1,504 |   5,454 |   4,831 |   1,563 |  1,385 |   5,022 |  4,449 |       2.9
1976-77 ....|   1,816 |  1,638 |   5,514 |   4,972 |   1,674 |  1,509 |   5,081 |  4,581 |       3.0
1977-78 ....|   2,002 |  1,823 |   5,697 |   5,186 |   1,842 |  1,677 |   5,240 |  4,770 |       4.1
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1978-79 ....|   2,210 |  2,020 |   5,749 |   5,256 |   2,029 |  1,855 |   5,279 |  4,827 |       1.2
1979-80 ....|   2,491 |  2,272 |   5,717 |   5,214 |   2,290 |  2,088 |   5,255 |  4,794 |      -0.7
1980-81 ....|\3\2,742 |  2,502 |\3\5,641 |   5,146 |\3\2,529 |  2,307 |\3\5,203 |  4,746 |      -1.0
1981-82 ....|\3\2,973 |  2,726 |\3\5,630 |   5,161 |\3\2,754 |  2,525 |\3\5,215 |  4,781 |       0.7
1982-83 ....|\3\3,203 |  2,955 |\3\5,816 |   5,365 |\3\2,966 |  2,736 |\3\5,385 |  4,968 |       3.9
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1983-84 ....|\3\3,471 |  3,173 |\3\6,077 |   5,556 |\3\3,216 |  2,940 |\3\5,630 |  5,147 |       3.6
1984-85 ....|\3\3,722 |  3,470 |\3\6,271 |   5,847 |\3\3,456 |  3,222 |\3\5,822 |  5,429 |       5.5
1985-86 ....|\3\4,020 |  3,756 |\3\6,583 |   6,150 |\3\3,724 |  3,479 |\3\6,099 |  5,698 |       5.0
1986-87 ....|\3\4,308 |  3,970 |\3\6,901 |   6,360 |\3\3,995 |  3,682 |\3\6,400 |  5,898 |       3.5
1987-88 ....|\3\4,654 |  4,240 |\3\7,159 |   6,522 |\3\4,310 |  3,927 |\3\6,630 |  6,040 |       2.4
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1988-89 ....|   5,109 |  4,645 |   7,512 |   6,829 |   4,738 |  4,307 |   6,966 |  6,333 |       4.8
1989-90 ....|   5,550 |  4,980 |   7,789 |   6,988 |   5,174 |  4,643 |   7,262 |  6,515 |       2.9
1990-91 ....|   5,885 |  5,258 |   7,830 |   6,996 |   5,486 |  4,902 |   7,300 |  6,522 |       0.1
1991-92 ....|   6,074 |  5,421 |   7,832 |   6,989 |   5,629 |  5,023 |   7,257 |  6,476 |      -0.7
1992-93 ....|   6,281 |  5,584 |   7,853 |   6,981 |   5,804 |  5,160 |   7,257 |  6,451 |      -0.4
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1993-94 ....|   6,492 |  5,767 |   7,912 |   7,029 |   5,996 |  5,327 |   7,307 |  6,492 |       0.6
1994-95 ....|   6,725 |  5,989 |   7,967 |   7,095 |   6,208 |  5,529 |   7,355 |  6,550 |       0.9
1995-96 ....|   6,962 |  6,147 |   8,029 |   7,090 |   6,443 |  5,689 |   7,431 |  6,562 |       0.2
1996-97 ....|   7,300 |  6,393 |   8,186 |   7,169 |   6,764 |  5,923 |   7,585 |  6,642 |       1.2
1997-98 ....|   7,703 |  6,676 |   8,487 |   7,354 |   7,142 |  6,189 |   7,868 |  6,819 |       2.7
            |         |        |         |         |         |        |         |        |
1998-99 ... |   8,118 |  7,013 |   8,792 |   7,595 |   7,533 |  6,508 |   8,158 |  7,048 |       3.4
1999-2000 ..|   8,591 |  7,392 |   9,043 |   7,780 |   8,032 |  6,911 |   8,454 |  7,274 |       3.2
2000-01\3\ .|   8,896 |  7,654 |   9,053 |   7,789 |   8,317 |  7,156 |   8,464 |  7,282 |       0.1
2001-02\3\ .|   9,354 |  8,048 |   9,354 |   8,048 |   8,745 |  7,524 |   8,745 |  7,524 |       3.3
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---Not available.
\1\Data for 1919-20 to 1953-54 are based on school-year enrollment.
\2\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.
\3\Estimated.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, state administration expenditures are excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Beginning in 1988-89, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared August 2002.)


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