
| Figure 14. Actual and projected current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools (in constant 2010–11 dollars): School years 1996–97 through 2021–22 |
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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," 1996–97 through 2010–11; "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1996–97 through 2008–09; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2010; and Public Elementary and Secondary School Current Expenditures Model, 1969–70 through 2008–09. (This figure was prepared February 2012.) |