Table 175.

Current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2004-05-Continued (Return to Table 175)

State or jurisdiction	Constant 2006-07 dollars1
	1959-60		1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
1	16		17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
United States	$2,606		$4,410	$5,974	$8,006	$8,122	$8,212	$8,425	$8,701	$8,915	$9,215	$9,461	$9,651	$9,763	$9,910
Alabama	1,675		2,940	4,238	5,349	6,231	6,299	6,520	6,838	6,944	7,056	7,249	7,446	7,473	7,783
Alaska	3,796		6,066	12,431	13,555	11,907	11,687	11,453	11,425	11,658	11,656	11,936	12,072	12,148	12,621
Arizona	2,804		3,892	5,182	6,516	6,422	6,346	6,465	6,494	6,606	7,032	7,412	7,605	7,578	7,537
Arkansas	1,564		3,067	4,140	5,603	6,223	6,218	6,309	6,442	6,786	6,927	7,648	7,825	8,016	8,778
California	2,946	2	4,686	5,963	7,059	6,749	6,955	7,314	7,500	7,718	8,235	8,522	8,521	8,456	8,507
Colorado	2,752		3,987	6,366	7,589	7,295	7,358	7,698	7,923	8,081	8,256	8,344	8,773	9,232	9,113
Connecticut	3,030		5,141	6,364	12,599	11,650	11,435	11,635	11,935	12,205	12,270	12,627	12,669	12,895	13,477
Delaware	3,166		4,864	7,523	9,323	9,601	10,025	10,050	10,342	10,622	11,333	11,409	11,498	12,121	12,534
District of Columbia	2,995		5,503	8,570	14,397	12,638	11,586	11,643	13,164	14,391	15,395	16,676	16,518	16,909	15,398
Florida	2,207		3,957	4,967	8,034	7,788	7,689	7,804	7,993	7,697	7,718	7,651	7,759	7,974	8,232
Georgia	1,761		3,177	4,274	6,872	7,105	7,332	7,647	8,106	8,324	8,664	9,015	9,312	9,081	9,134
Hawaii	2,255		4,542	6,105	7,152	7,995	7,892	8,089	8,248	8,550	8,285	9,072	9,831	10,246	10,335
Idaho	2,013		3,260	4,363	4,948	5,899	6,079	6,326	6,673	6,806	7,085	7,321	7,235	7,195	7,133
Illinois	3,046		4,915	6,801	8,228	8,097	8,424	8,975	9,523	9,748	10,095	10,273	10,435	10,651	10,671
Indiana	2,561		3,934	4,950	7,406	7,980	8,485	8,565	8,993	9,227	9,476	9,472	9,620	9,909	10,266
Iowa	2,555		4,562	6,117	7,159	7,626	7,769	7,945	8,124	8,350	8,558	8,837	8,904	8,794	8,883
Kansas	2,416		4,166	5,714	7,639	7,890	7,911	8,085	8,322	8,395	8,955	9,557	9,386	9,658	9,623
Kentucky	1,619		2,946	4,473	6,021	7,327	7,617	7,730	8,065	8,181	8,364	8,633	8,663	8,749	8,923
Louisiana	2,584		3,502	4,712	6,276	6,590	6,681	7,123	7,468	7,543	7,640	8,090	8,398	8,607	8,826
Maine	1,964		3,742	4,795	8,638	8,649	8,838	9,135	9,539	9,944	10,352	10,903	11,337	11,523	11,877
Maryland	2,728		4,963	6,831	10,089	9,754	9,690	9,860	9,758	9,976	10,299	10,615	10,987	11,123	11,490
Massachusetts	2,841		4,642	7,413	10,027	10,060	10,044	10,475	10,856	11,305	11,744	12,382	12,512	12,706	13,001
Michigan	2,884		4,885	6,943	8,917	9,468	9,722	9,740	10,102	10,715	10,529	10,801	11,038	11,023	10,998
Minnesota	2,954		4,883	6,276	7,991	8,142	8,185	8,576	8,912	9,043	9,281	9,223	9,461	9,801	9,875
Mississippi	1,431		2,707	4,375	4,974	5,616	5,540	5,774	6,043	6,458	6,453	6,552	6,935	7,242	7,448
Missouri	2,390		3,829	5,091	7,246	7,434	7,480	7,694	7,932	8,156	8,470	8,821	8,970	8,800	8,903
Montana	2,854		4,225	6,512	7,615	7,725	7,851	8,138	8,397	8,429	8,726	9,006	9,406	9,621	9,700
Nebraska	2,341		3,980	5,653	7,784	8,037	8,314	8,310	8,506	8,874	8,963	9,437	9,584	10,169	10,264
Nevada	2,990		4,158	5,491	6,619	7,029	7,118	7,267	7,362	7,413	7,171	7,421	7,282	7,437	7,666
New Hampshire	2,412		3,907	5,038	8,527	7,872	8,011	8,188	8,411	8,540	8,926	9,429	9,976	10,301	10,695
New Jersey	2,692		5,492	8,392	13,085	13,154	13,118	12,915	13,335	13,147	13,701	13,973	14,677	15,112	15,618
New Mexico	2,520		3,821	5,348	5,651	6,060	6,004	6,290	6,654	7,036	7,369	7,889	7,988	8,395	8,448
New York	3,902		7,170	9,104	12,961	12,617	12,407	12,583	13,045	13,212	13,859	14,140	14,809	15,276	16,032
North Carolina	1,648		3,309	4,613	6,897	6,726	6,828	7,153	7,553	7,844	7,948	7,985	7,911	7,804	7,901
North Dakota	2,548		3,727	5,049	6,735	6,579	6,677	6,756	7,221	7,329	7,540	8,148	8,200	8,546	8,837
Ohio	2,536		3,945	5,455	8,110	8,279	8,371	8,592	9,000	9,425	9,797	10,228	10,567	10,749	10,632
Oklahoma	2,163		3,267	5,066	5,639	6,449	6,616	6,801	7,052	6,957	7,529	7,643	7,331	7,239	7,546
Oregon	3,115		4,997	7,078	8,801	8,740	8,726	9,273	9,661	9,802	9,963	9,995	9,543	9,477	9,371
Pennsylvania	2,845		4,765	6,665	10,013	9,898	9,873	9,815	9,957	10,105	10,315	10,535	10,815	11,401	11,729
Rhode Island	2,872		4,816	6,839	10,237	10,486	10,671	10,888	11,226	11,632	11,794	12,088	12,754	13,469	13,509
South Carolina	1,529		3,310	4,607	6,562	6,733	6,900	7,122	7,448	7,893	8,407	8,649	8,698	8,658	8,841
South Dakota	2,410		3,728	5,016	5,999	6,315	6,341	6,665	6,964	7,279	7,673	7,893	8,062	8,344	8,477
Tennessee	1,654		3,059	4,300	5,890	6,009	6,437	6,656	6,850	7,039	7,121	7,419	7,481	7,730	7,908
Texas	2,309		3,373	5,037	6,673	7,232	7,368	7,459	7,644	8,165	8,206	8,365	8,647	8,459	8,321
Utah	2,240		3,384	4,356	4,443	5,110	5,197	5,371	5,555	5,658	5,864	6,065	5,882	5,953	6,021
Vermont	2,389		4,362	5,251	10,011	9,034	9,212	9,466	9,905	10,610	11,144	11,718	12,222	12,808	13,396
Virginia	1,905		3,825	5,180	7,510	7,178	7,293	7,492	7,603	7,827	8,936	9,083	9,304	9,610	10,054
Washington	2,921		4,946	6,753	7,560	8,025	7,942	8,247	8,182	8,337	8,525	8,736	8,836	8,832	8,905
West Virginia	1,796		3,620	5,050	7,010	8,357	8,375	8,556	8,918	9,209	9,500	9,681	10,117	9,957	9,926
Wisconsin	2,870		4,770	6,513	8,880	9,373	9,504	9,693	10,003	10,007	10,257	10,582	10,691	10,787	10,799
Wyoming	3,129		4,626	6,644	8,967	8,249	8,284	8,479	9,172	9,579	9,870	10,678	11,105	11,354	11,807
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—		—	—	3,067	2,852	3,075	2,831	2,921	3,385	3,198	3,417	3,498	4,027	4,048
Guam	1,642		4,430	—	6,808	6,537	6,582	6,672	—	—	—	—	—	7,074	—
Northern Marianas	—		—	—	4,835	7,747	8,770	8,855	7,411	6,897	6,390	5,652	5,852	5,206	6,037
Puerto Rico	738		—	—	2,813	4,015	4,148	4,605	4,678	4,653	4,886	4,597	5,316	4,974	5,648
Virgin Islands	1,880		—	—	10,880	8,133	8,060	8,530	9,570	8,728	9,088	7,158	8,684	8,861	9,263

— Not available. 1 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. The CPI does not account for differences in inflation rates from state to state. 2 Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics. NOTE: State administration expenditures are excluded in all years except 1959-60, 1969-70, and 1979-80. Beginning in 1989-90, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. There are discrepancies in average daily attendance reporting practices from state to state. 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, 1959-60 and 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2004-05. (This table was prepared July 2007.)