Section 4. Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: Current Expenditures

Figure 13. Actual and projected current expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools (in constant 2007–08 dollars): 1994–95 through 2019–20

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NOTE: Numbers were placed in constant dollars using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban consumers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. For more detail about CPI, see table B-6 in appendix B. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A-2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “National Public Education Financial Survey,” 1994–95 through 2006–07; Public Elementary and Secondary School Current Expenditures Model, 1969–70 through 2006–07. (This figure was prepared April 2010.)

Current expenditures

Current expenditures in constant 2007–08 dollars

• increased 44 percent from 1994–95 to 2006–07, a period of 12 years; and
• are projected to increase 21 percent, to $598 billion, from 2006–07 to 2019–20, a period of 13 years.

For more information:
Tables 18 and 19

Figure 14. Actual and projected current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools (in constant 2007–08 dollars): 1994–95 through 2019–20

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NOTE: Numbers were placed in constant dollars using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban consumers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. For more detail about CPI, see table B-6 in appendix B. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A-2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1994–95 through 2007–08; “National Public Education Financial Survey,” 1994–95 through 2006–07; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2007; and Public Elementary and Secondary School Current Expenditures Model, 1969–70 through 2006–07. (This figure was prepared April 2010.)

Current expenditures per pupil

Current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in constant 2007–08 dollars

• increased 29 percent from 1994–95 to 2006–07; and
• are projected to increase 14 percent, to $11,400, from 2006–07 to 2019–20.

For more information:
Tables 18 and 19