| Table 18. Actual and projected numbers for current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment for public elementary and secondary education: 1995–96 through 2020–21 |
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| School year | Fall enrollment (in thousands) |
Current expenditures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant 2008–09 dollars1 | Current dollars | |||||
| Total (in billions) | Per pupil in fall enrollment | Total (in billions) | Per pupil in fall enrollment | |||
| Actual | ||||||
| 1995–96 | 44,840 | $354.3 | $7,902 | $255.1 | $5,689 | |
| 1996–97 | 45,611 | 364.9 | 8,000 | 270.2 | 5,923 | |
| 1997–98 | 46,127 | 378.8 | 8,211 | 285.5 | 6,189 | |
| 1998–99 | 46,539 | 395.0 | 8,488 | 302.9 | 6,508 | |
| 1999–2000 | 46,857 | 410.6 | 8,762 | 323.9 | 6,912 | |
| 2000–01 | 47,204 | 427.0 | 9,047 | 348.4 | 7,380 | |
| 2001–02 | 47,672 | 443.7 | 9,308 | 368.4 | 7,727 | |
| 2002–03 | 48,183 | 456.8 | 9,480 | 387.6 | 8,044 | |
| 2003–04 | 48,540 | 465.1 | 9,583 | 403.4 | 8,310 | |
| 2004–05 | 48,795 | 475.8 | 9,751 | 425.0 | 8,711 | |
| 2005–06 | 49,113 | 484.5 | 9,865 | 449.1 | 9,145 | |
| 2006–072 | 49,262 | 501.3 | 10,165 | 476.8 | 9,669 | |
| 2007–082 | 49,221 | 513.8 | 10,439 | 506.8 | 10,297 | |
| Projected | ||||||
| 2008–093 | 49,265 | 513.1 | 10,414 | 513.1 | 10,414 | |
| 2009–10 | 49,282 | 511.4 | 10,377 | 516.6 | 10,482 | |
| 2010–11 | 49,306 | 514.0 | 10,425 | 526.1 | 10,670 | |
| 2011–12 | 49,422 | 515.4 | 10,428 | 536.5 | 10,855 | |
| 2012–13 | 49,642 | 518.0 | 10,434 | 550.1 | 11,081 | |
| 2013–14 | 49,914 | 525.3 | 10,524 | 569.5 | 11,410 | |
| 2014–15 | 50,268 | 540.9 | 10,760 | – | – | |
| 2015–16 | 50,659 | 556.6 | 10,987 | – | – | |
| 2016–17 | 51,038 | 571.9 | 11,206 | – | – | |
| 2017–18 | 51,430 | 585.7 | 11,389 | – | – | |
| 2018–19 | 51,803 | 599.2 | 11,567 | – | – | |
| 2019–20 | 52,204 | 614.1 | 11,764 | – | – | |
| 2020–21 | 52,666 | 627.0 | 11,905 | – | – | |
| –Not available. | ||||||
| 1 Based on the Consumer Price Index 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. | ||||||
| 2 Fall enrollment pertains only to students for whom finance data were collected. This enrollment count differs slightly from enrollment counts reported on other tables. | ||||||
| 3 The fall enrollment number for 2008–09 is an actual number. | ||||||
| NOTE: Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. 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,” 1995–96 through 2008–09; “National Public Education Financial Survey,” 1995–96 through 2007–08; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2008; and Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditures Model, 1969–70 through 2007–08. (This table was prepared February 2011.) |
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