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| Table 18. Actual and projected numbers for current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment for public elementary and secondary education: School years 1996–97 through 2021–22 |
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| School year | Fall enrollment (in thousands) |
Current expenditures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant 2010–11 dollars1 | Current dollars | |||||
| Total (in billions) |
Per pupil in fall enrollment |
Total (in billions) |
Per pupil in fall enrollment |
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| Actual | ||||||
| 1996–97 | 45,611 | $375.9 | $8,242 | $270.2 | $5,923 | |
| 1997–98 | 46,127 | 390.2 | 8,460 | 285.5 | 6,189 | |
| 1998–99 | 46,539 | 407.0 | 8,745 | 302.9 | 6,508 | |
| 1999–2000 | 46,857 | 423.0 | 9,028 | 323.9 | 6,912 | |
| 2000–01 | 47,204 | 440.0 | 9,321 | 348.4 | 7,380 | |
| 2001–02 | 47,672 | 457.1 | 9,589 | 368.4 | 7,727 | |
| 2002–03 | 48,183 | 470.6 | 9,767 | 387.6 | 8,044 | |
| 2003–04 | 48,540 | 479.2 | 9,873 | 403.4 | 8,310 | |
| 2004–05 | 48,795 | 490.2 | 10,047 | 425.0 | 8,711 | |
| 2005–06 | 49,113 | 499.2 | 10,163 | 449.1 | 9,145 | |
| 2006–072 | 49,262 | 516.5 | 10,473 | 476.8 | 9,669 | |
| 2007–082 | 49,221 | 529.4 | 10,741 | 506.9 | 10,283 | |
| 2008–092 | 49,003 | 534.6 | 10,909 | 519.0 | 10,591 | |
| Projected | ||||||
| 2009–103 | 49,373 | 519.3 | 10,518 | 519.3 | 10,518 | |
| 2010–113 | 49,484 | 539.5 | 10,902 | 539.4 | 10,901 | |
| 2011–12 | 49,636 | 541.6 | 10,912 | 556.0 | 11,201 | |
| 2012–13 | 49,828 | 548.7 | 11,012 | 571.4 | 11,467 | |
| 2013–14 | 50,067 | 556.8 | 11,121 | 591.3 | 11,810 | |
| 2014–15 | 50,407 | 571.3 | 11,335 | 619.1 | 12,281 | |
| 2015–16 | 50,773 | 585.6 | 11,534 | – | – | |
| 2016–17 | 51,146 | 599.0 | 11,711 | – | – | |
| 2017–18 | 51,524 | 612.5 | 11,888 | – | – | |
| 2018–19 | 51,880 | 625.5 | 12,058 | – | – | |
| 2019–20 | 52,260 | 639.8 | 12,243 | – | – | |
| 2020–21 | 52,688 | 654.5 | 12,423 | – | – | |
| 2021–22 | 53,113 | 665.5 | 12,530 | – | – | |
| –Not available: projections in current dollars are not shown after 2014–15 due to uncertain behavior of inflation over time. | ||||||
| 1Based 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. | ||||||
| 2Fall enrollment pertains only to students for whom finance data were collected. This enrollment count differs slightly from enrollment counts reported on other tables. | ||||||
| 3The fall enrollment numbers for 2009–10 and 2010–11 are actual numbers. | ||||||
| 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,” 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 Education Current Expenditures Model, 1969–70 through 2008–09. (This table was prepared February 2012.) |
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