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           |       Current dollars      |  Constant 2000-01 dollars
  School   |____________________________|______________________________
   year    |  All  |Elementary|Secondary|  All   |Elementary|Secondary
           |teacher| teachers |teachers |teachers| teachers | teachers
___________|_______|__________|_________|________|__________|__________
     1     |   2   |    3     |    4    |   5    |    6     |    7
___________|_______|__________|_________|________|__________|__________
1959-60 ...|$4,995 |   $4,815 |  $5,276 |$29,765 |  $28,692 |  $31,439
1961-62 ...| 5,515 |    5,340 |   5,775 | 32,126 |   31,106 |   33,640
1963-64 ...| 5,995 |    5,805 |   6,266 | 34,034 |   32,955 |   35,572
1965-66 ...| 6,485 |    6,279 |   6,761 | 35,586 |   34,455 |   37,100
1967-68 ...| 7,423 |    7,208 |   7,692 | 38,218 |   37,111 |   39,603
           |       |          |         |        |          |
1969-70 ...| 8,626 |    8,412 |   8,891 | 39,983 |   38,991 |   41,211
1970-71 ...| 9,268 |    9,021 |   9,568 | 40,850 |   39,761 |   42,172
1971-72 ...| 9,705 |    9,424 |  10,031 | 41,294 |   40,099 |   42,682
1972-73 ...|10,174 |    9,893 |  10,507 | 41,613 |   40,464 |   42,975
1973-74 ...|10,770 |   10,507 |  11,077 | 40,445 |   39,457 |   41,598
           |       |          |         |        |          |
1974-75 ...|11,641 |   11,334 |  12,000 | 39,354 |   38,317 |   40,568
1975-76 ...|12,600 |   12,280 |  12,937 | 39,781 |   38,770 |   40,845
1976-77 ...|13,354 |   12,989 |  13,776 | 39,838 |   38,749 |   41,097
1977-78 ...|14,198 |   13,845 |  14,602 | 39,691 |   38,704 |   40,820
1978-79 ...|15,032 |   14,681 |  15,450 | 38,423 |   37,526 |   39,492
           |       |          |         |        |          |
1979-80 ...|15,970 |   15,569 |  16,459 | 36,018 |   35,114 |   37,121
1980-81 ...|17,644 |   17,230 |  18,142 | 35,663 |   34,826 |   36,670
1981-82 ...|19,274 |   18,853 |  19,805 | 35,860 |   35,077 |   36,848
1982-83 ...|20,695 |   20,227 |  21,291 | 36,918 |   36,083 |   37,981
1983-84 ...|21,935 |   21,487 |  22,554 | 37,734 |   36,963 |   38,798
           |       |          |         |        |          |
1984-85 ...|23,600 |   23,200 |  24,187 | 39,069 |   38,406 |   40,040
1985-86 ...|25,199 |   24,718 |  25,846 | 40,546 |   39,772 |   41,588
1986-87 ...|26,569 |   26,057 |  27,244 | 41,822 |   41,016 |   42,885
1987-88 ...|28,034 |   27,519 |  28,798 | 42,373 |   41,594 |   43,527
1988-89 ...|29,564 |   29,022 |  30,218 | 42,713 |   41,930 |   43,657
           |       |          |         |        |          |
1989-90 ...|31,367 |   30,832 |  32,049 | 43,253 |   42,516 |   44,194
1990-91 ...|33,084 |   32,490 |  33,896 | 43,256 |   42,480 |   44,318
1991-92 ...|34,063 |   33,479 |  34,827 | 43,153 |   42,414 |   44,121
1992-93 ...|35,029 |   34,350 |  35,880 | 43,033 |   42,199 |   44,079
1993-94 ...|35,737 |   35,233 |  36,566 | 42,794 |   42,191 |   43,787
           |       |          |         |        |          |
1994-95....|36,675 |   36,088 |  37,523 | 42,694 |   42,011 |   43,681
1995-96....|37,642 |   37,138 |  38,397 | 42,659 |   42,088 |   43,515
1996-97....|38,477 |   38,039 |  39,184 | 42,396 |   41,913 |   43,175
1997-98 ...|39,417 |   39,056 |  40,040 | 42,670 |   42,280 |   43,345
1998-99 ...|40,580 |   40,275 |  41,159 | 43,182 |   42,857 |   43,798
1999-2000 .|41,724 |   41,466 |  42,430 | 43,153 |   42,887 |   43,884
2000-01 ...|42,898 |   42,613 |  43,663 | 42,898 |   42,613 |   43,663
___________|_______|__________|_________|________|__________|__________

NOTE: Constant 2000-01 dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics, various years; and unpublished data. (Copyright © 2001 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared July 2001.)