| Table 19. Actual and projected numbers for current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in average daily attendance (ADA) for public elementary and secondary education: 1995–96 through 2020–21 |
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| School year | ADA (in thousands) |
Current expenditures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant 2008–09 dollars1 | Current dollars | |||||
| Total (in billions) | Per pupil in ADA | Total (in billions) | Per pupil in ADA | |||
| Actual | ||||||
| 1995–96 | 41,502 | $354.3 | $8,538 | $255.1 | $6,147 | |
| 1996–97 | 42,262 | 364.9 | 8,634 | 270.2 | 6,393 | |
| 1997–98 | 42,766 | 378.8 | 8,857 | 285.5 | 6,676 | |
| 1998–99 | 43,187 | 395.0 | 9,146 | 302.9 | 7,013 | |
| 1999–2000 | 43,807 | 410.6 | 9,372 | 323.9 | 7,394 | |
| 2000–01 | 44,076 | 427.0 | 9,688 | 348.4 | 7,904 | |
| 2001–02 | 44,605 | 443.7 | 9,948 | 368.4 | 8,259 | |
| 2002–03 | 45,017 | 456.8 | 10,147 | 387.6 | 8,610 | |
| 2003–04 | 45,326 | 465.1 | 10,262 | 403.4 | 8,900 | |
| 2004–05 | 45,625 | 475.8 | 10,429 | 425.0 | 9,316 | |
| 2005–06 | 45,932 | 484.5 | 10,548 | 449.1 | 9,778 | |
| 2006–07 | 46,128 | 501.3 | 10,868 | 476.8 | 10,337 | |
| 2007–08 | 46,156 | 513.8 | 11,132 | 506.8 | 10,981 | |
| Projected | ||||||
| 2008–09 | 46,025 | 513.1 | 11,147 | 513.1 | 11,147 | |
| 2009–10 | 46,041 | 511.4 | 11,107 | 516.6 | 11,220 | |
| 2010–11 | 46,063 | 514.0 | 11,159 | 526.1 | 11,421 | |
| 2011–12 | 46,172 | 515.4 | 11,162 | 536.5 | 11,619 | |
| 2012–13 | 46,377 | 518.0 | 11,169 | 550.1 | 11,861 | |
| 2013–14 | 46,631 | 525.3 | 11,265 | 569.5 | 12,213 | |
| 2014–15 | 46,962 | 540.9 | 11,517 | – | – | |
| 2015–16 | 47,328 | 556.6 | 11,761 | – | – | |
| 2016–17 | 47,681 | 571.9 | 11,995 | – | – | |
| 2017–18 | 48,048 | 585.7 | 12,190 | – | – | |
| 2018–19 | 48,396 | 599.2 | 12,381 | – | – | |
| 2019–20 | 48,771 | 614.1 | 12,592 | – | – | |
| 2020–21 | 49,202 | 627.0 | 12,743 | – | – | |
| – 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. | ||||||
| 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), “National Public Education Financial Survey,” 1995–96 through 2007–08; National Elementary and Secondary Average Daily Attendance Model, 1994–95 through 2007–08; and Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditures Model, 1969–70 through 2007–08. (This table was prepared February 2011.) |
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