Table 236.55.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2010-11

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment1
	Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2012-13 dollars3			Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2012-13 dollars3
	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Annual percent change in current expenditure
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10
1919-20	$64		$53	$776		$647	$48		$40	$581		$484	—
1929-30	108		87	1,466		1,172	90		72	1,214		970	—
1931-32	97		81	1,555		1,301	82		69	1,316		1,102	—
1933-34	76		67	1,332		1,179	65		57	1,131		1,002	—
1935-36	88		74	1,481		1,251	74		63	1,252		1,058	—
1937-38	100		84	1,610		1,354	86		72	1,382		1,163	—
1939-40	106		88	1,750		1,458	92		76	1,517		1,264	—
1941-42	110		98	1,633		1,459	94		84	1,398		1,249	—
1943-44	125		117	1,655		1,553	105		99	1,395		1,309	—
1945-46	146		136	1,850		1,730	124		116	1,576		1,474	—
1947-48	205		181	2,034		1,802	179		158	1,776		1,574	—
1949-50	260		210	2,543		2,055	231		187	2,257		1,823	—
1951-52	314		246	2,768		2,166	275		215	2,424		1,896	—
1953-54	351		265	3,019		2,278	312		236	2,685		2,026	—
1955-56	387		294	3,331		2,532	354		269	3,045		2,315	—
1957-58	447		341	3,625		2,764	408		311	3,306		2,520	—
1959-60	471		375	3,709		2,954	440		350	3,465		2,759	—
1961-62	517		419	3,980		3,225	485		393	3,735		3,026	—
1963-64	559		460	4,191		3,453	520		428	3,901		3,214	—
1965-66	654		538	4,741		3,899	607		499	4,401		3,620	—
1967-68	786		658	5,350		4,478	732		612	4,977		4,166	—
1969-70	955		816	5,849		4,997	879		751	5,385		4,601	—
1970-71	1,049		911	6,112		5,306	970		842	5,650		4,905	6.6
1971-72	1,128		990	6,341		5,564	1,034		908	5,815		5,103	4.0
1972-73	1,211		1,077	6,543		5,820	1,117		993	6,035		5,368	5.2
1973-74	1,364		1,207	6,768		5,990	1,244		1,101	6,171		5,462	1.7
1974-75	1,545		1,365	6,900		6,095	1,423		1,257	6,357		5,615	2.8
1975-76	1,697		1,504	7,081		6,273	1,563		1,385	6,520		5,776	2.9
1976-77	1,816		1,638	7,159		6,455	1,674		1,509	6,597		5,948	3.0
1977-78	2,002		1,823	7,396		6,733	1,842		1,677	6,803		6,193	4.1
1978-79	2,210		2,020	7,464		6,824	2,029		1,855	6,854		6,267	1.2
1979-80	2,491		2,272	7,422		6,770	2,290		2,088	6,823		6,224	-0.7
1980-81	2,742	5	2,502	7,324	5	6,681	2,529	5	2,307	6,755	5	6,162	-1.0
1981-82	2,973	5	2,726	7,310	5	6,701	2,754	5	2,525	6,771	5	6,207	0.7
1982-83	3,203	5	2,955	7,551	5	6,966	2,966	5	2,736	6,992	5	6,450	3.9
1983-84	3,471	5	3,173	7,890	5	7,213	3,216	5	2,940	7,309	5	6,682	3.6
1984-85	3,722	5	3,470	8,141	5	7,591	3,456	5	3,222	7,559	5	7,048	5.5
1985-86	4,020	5	3,756	8,546	5	7,985	3,724	5	3,479	7,918	5	7,397	5.0
1986-87	4,308	5	3,970	8,960	5	8,258	3,995	5	3,682	8,309	5	7,658	3.5
1987-88	4,654	5	4,240	9,295	5	8,468	4,310	5	3,927	8,608	5	7,842	2.4
1988-89	5,108		4,645	9,751		8,867	4,737		4,307	9,042		8,222	4.8
1989-90	5,547		4,980	10,107		9,073	5,172		4,643	9,423		8,459	2.9
1990-91	5,882		5,258	10,161		9,083	5,484		4,902	9,473		8,468	0.1
1991-92	6,072		5,421	10,164		9,075	5,626		5,023	9,418		8,409	-0.7
1992-93	6,279		5,584	10,193		9,064	5,802		5,160	9,419		8,375	-0.4
1993-94	6,489		5,767	10,267		9,126	5,994		5,327	9,483		8,429	0.6
1994-95	6,723		5,989	10,341		9,212	6,206		5,529	9,546		8,504	0.9
1995-96	6,959		6,147	10,421		9,205	6,441		5,689	9,645		8,519	0.2
1996-97	7,297		6,393	10,624		9,307	6,761		5,923	9,844		8,624	1.2
1997-98	7,701		6,676	11,015		9,549	7,139		6,189	10,212		8,853	2.7
1998-99	8,115		7,013	11,411		9,861	7,531		6,508	10,589		9,151	3.4
1999-2000	8,589		7,394	11,738		10,104	8,030		6,912	10,973		9,446	3.2
2000-01	9,180		7,904	12,129		10,443	8,572		7,380	11,326		9,751	3.2
2001-02	9,611		8,259	12,479		10,723	8,993		7,727	11,676		10,033	2.9
2002-03	9,950		8,610	12,641		10,938	9,296		8,044	11,810		10,219	1.9
2003-04	10,308		8,900	12,815		11,064	9,625		8,310	11,966		10,332	1.1
2004-05	10,779		9,316	13,009		11,243	10,078		8,711	12,164		10,513	1.8
2005-06	11,338		9,778	13,181		11,368	10,603		9,145	12,328		10,632	1.1
2006-07	12,015		10,336	13,617		11,714	11,252		9,679	12,752		10,969	3.2
2007-08	12,759		10,982	13,943		12,001	11,965		10,298	13,075		11,254	2.6
2008-09	13,033		11,239	14,046		12,113	12,222		10,540	13,173		11,359	0.9
2009-106	13,035		11,427	13,914		12,198	12,133		10,636	12,951		11,353	-0.1
2010-11	12,908		11,418	13,507		11,948	12,048		10,658	12,608		11,153	-1.8

—Not available.

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

2 Unadjusted (or “current”) dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.

3 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.

4 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.

5 Estimated.

6 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, 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 2010-11. (This table was prepared July 2013.)