Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2008-09

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Table 191.

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment¹
	Unadjusted dollars			Constant 2009-10 dollars²			Unadjusted dollars			Constant 2009-10 dollars²
	Total expenditure³		Current expenditure	Total expenditure³		Current expenditure	Total expenditure³		Current expenditure	Total expenditure³		Current expenditure	Annual percent change in current expenditure
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10
1919-20	$64		$53	$727		$606	$48		$40	$544		$454	—
1929-30	108		87	1,374		1,098	90		72	1,138		909	—
1931-32	97		81	1,456		1,219	82		69	1,233		1,032	—
1933-34	76		67	1,248		1,104	65		57	1,060		938	—
1935-36	88		74	1,387		1,172	74		63	1,173		991	—

1937-38	100		84	1,508		1,269	86		72	1,295		1,089	—
1939-40	106		88	1,640		1,366	92		76	1,421		1,184	—
1941-42	110		98	1,529		1,367	94		84	1,310		1,170	—
1943-44	125		117	1,551		1,455	105		99	1,307		1,226	—
1945-46	146		136	1,733		1,621	124		116	1,476		1,381	—

1947-48	205		181	1,906		1,688	179		158	1,664		1,474	—
1949-50	260		210	2,383		1,925	231		187	2,114		1,708	—
1951-52	314		246	2,593		2,029	275		215	2,271		1,776	—
1953-54	351		265	2,829		2,134	312		236	2,515		1,898	—
1955-56	387		294	3,120		2,372	354		269	2,852		2,168	—

1957-58	447		341	3,396		2,589	408		311	3,097		2,361	—
1959-60	471		375	3,474		2,767	440		350	3,246		2,585	—
1961-62	517		419	3,729		3,021	485		393	3,499		2,835	—
1963-64	559		460	3,926		3,235	520		428	3,654		3,011	—
1965-66	654		538	4,441		3,652	607		499	4,123		3,391	—

1967-68	786		658	5,012		4,195	732		612	4,662		3,903	—
1969-70	955		816	5,479		4,682	879		751	5,044		4,310	—
1970-71	1,049		911	5,726		4,971	970		842	5,293		4,596	6.6
1971-72	1,128		990	5,940		5,213	1,034		908	5,448		4,781	4.0
1972-73	1,211		1,077	6,129		5,452	1,117		993	5,654		5,029	5.2

1973-74	1,364		1,207	6,340		5,612	1,244		1,101	5,781		5,117	1.7
1974-75	1,545		1,365	6,464		5,710	1,423		1,257	5,955		5,261	2.8
1975-76	1,697		1,504	6,633		5,876	1,563		1,385	6,108		5,411	2.9
1976-77	1,816		1,638	6,707		6,047	1,674		1,509	6,180		5,572	3.0
1977-78	2,002		1,823	6,929		6,308	1,842		1,677	6,373		5,801	4.1

1978-79	2,210		2,020	6,992		6,393	2,029		1,855	6,421		5,871	1.2
1979-80	2,491		2,272	6,953		6,342	2,290		2,088	6,392		5,830	-0.7
1980-81	2,742	⁴	2,502	6,861	⁴	6,259	2,529	⁴	2,307	6,329	⁴	5,773	-1.0
1981-82	2,973	⁴	2,726	6,848	⁴	6,277	2,754	⁴	2,525	6,343	⁴	5,815	0.7
1982-83	3,203	⁴	2,955	7,074	⁴	6,526	2,966	⁴	2,736	6,550	⁴	6,043	3.9

1983-84	3,471	⁴	3,173	7,392	⁴	6,757	3,216	⁴	2,940	6,848	⁴	6,260	3.6
1984-85	3,722	⁴	3,470	7,627	⁴	7,111	3,456	⁴	3,222	7,081	⁴	6,603	5.5
1985-86	4,020	⁴	3,756	8,006	⁴	7,480	3,724	⁴	3,479	7,418	⁴	6,930	5.0
1986-87	4,308	⁴	3,970	8,394	⁴	7,736	3,995	⁴	3,682	7,784	⁴	7,174	3.5
1987-88	4,654	⁴	4,240	8,707	⁴	7,933	4,310	⁴	3,927	8,064	⁴	7,347	2.4

1988-89	5,108		4,645	9,135		8,306	4,737		4,307	8,471		7,703	4.8
1989-90	5,547		4,980	9,468		8,500	5,172		4,643	8,828		7,925	2.9
1990-91	5,882		5,258	9,519		8,509	5,484		4,902	8,875		7,933	0.1
1991-92	6,072		5,421	9,522		8,501	5,626		5,023	8,823		7,877	-0.7
1992-93	6,279		5,584	9,549		8,491	5,802		5,160	8,824		7,846	-0.4

1993-94	6,489		5,767	9,619		8,549	5,994		5,327	8,884		7,896	0.6
1994-95	6,723		5,989	9,688		8,630	6,206		5,529	8,943		7,967	0.9
1995-96.	6,959		6,147	9,763		8,623	6,441		5,689	9,036		7,981	0.2
1996-97	7,297		6,393	9,953		8,719	6,761		5,923	9,222		8,079	1.2
1997-98	7,701		6,676	10,319		8,945	7,139		6,189	9,567		8,293	2.7

1998-99	8,115		7,013	10,690		9,238	7,531		6,508	9,920		8,572	3.4
1999-2000	8,589		7,394	10,996		9,466	8,030		6,912	10,280		8,849	3.2
2000-01.	9,180		7,904	11,363		9,783	8,572		7,380	10,610		9,135	3.2
2001-02	9,611		8,259	11,690		10,045	8,993		7,727	10,938		9,399	2.9
2002-03	9,950		8,610	11,842		10,247	9,296		8,044	11,064		9,574	1.9

2003-04	10,308		8,900	12,005		10,365	9,625		8,310	11,210		9,679	1.1
2004-05	10,779		9,316	12,187		10,533	10,078		8,711	11,395		9,849	1.8
2005-06	11,338		9,778	12,349		10,650	10,603		9,145	11,549		9,960	1.1
2006-07	12,015		10,336	12,757		10,974	11,252		9,679	11,946		10,276	3.2
2007-08⁵	12,759		10,982	13,063		11,243	11,965		10,298	12,249		10,543	2.6
2008-09	13,015		11,231	13,141		11,339	12,274		10,591	12,393		10,694	1.4

—Not available.

¹ Data for 1919-20 to 1953-54 are based on school-year enrollment.

² Constant dollars 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 Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per student at public schools.

⁴ Estimated.

⁵ Revised from previously published figures.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, state administration expenditures are excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Current expenditures include instruction, student support services, food services, and enterprise operations. Total expenditures include current expenditures, capital outlay, and interest on debt. Beginning in 1988-89, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1955-56; Statistics of State School Systems, 1957-58 through 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2008-09. (This table was prepared June 2011.)

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