| 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: School years 1996–97 through 2021–22 |
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| School year | ADA (in thousands) |
Current expenditures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant 2010–11 dollars1 | Current dollars | |||||
| Total (in billions) |
Per pupil in ADA |
Total (in billions) |
Per pupil in ADA |
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| Actual | ||||||
| 1996–97 | 42,262 | $375.9 | $8,895 | $270.2 | $6,393 | |
| 1997–98 | 42,766 | 390.2 | 9,125 | 285.5 | 6,676 | |
| 1998–99 | 43,187 | 407.0 | 9,423 | 302.9 | 7,013 | |
| 1999–2000 | 43,807 | 423.0 | 9,656 | 323.9 | 7,394 | |
| 2000–01 | 44,076 | 440.0 | 9,982 | 348.4 | 7,904 | |
| 2001–02 | 44,605 | 457.1 | 10,249 | 368.4 | 8,259 | |
| 2002–03 | 45,017 | 470.6 | 10,454 | 387.6 | 8,610 | |
| 2003–04 | 45,326 | 479.2 | 10,573 | 403.4 | 8,900 | |
| 2004–05 | 45,625 | 490.2 | 10,745 | 425.0 | 9,316 | |
| 2005–06 | 45,932 | 499.2 | 10,867 | 449.1 | 9,778 | |
| 2006–07 | 46,133 | 516.5 | 11,196 | 476.8 | 10,336 | |
| 2007–08 | 46,156 | 529.4 | 11,471 | 506.9 | 10,982 | |
| 2008–09 | 46,213 | 534.6 | 11,568 | 519.0 | 11,231 | |
| Projected | ||||||
| 2009–10 | 46,176 | 519.3 | 11,246 | 519.3 | 11,246 | |
| 2010–11 | 46,280 | 539.5 | 11,657 | 539.4 | 11,655 | |
| 2011–12 | 46,422 | 541.6 | 11,668 | 556.0 | 11,976 | |
| 2012–13 | 46,602 | 548.7 | 11,775 | 571.4 | 12,261 | |
| 2013–14 | 46,825 | 556.8 | 11,890 | 591.3 | 12,628 | |
| 2014–15 | 47,143 | 571.3 | 12,119 | 619.1 | 13,132 | |
| 2015–16 | 47,486 | 585.6 | 12,332 | – | – | |
| 2016–17 | 47,834 | 599.0 | 12,522 | – | – | |
| 2017–18 | 48,188 | 612.5 | 12,711 | – | – | |
| 2018–19 | 48,521 | 625.5 | 12,892 | – | – | |
| 2019–20 | 48,876 | 639.8 | 13,091 | – | – | |
| 2020–21 | 49,276 | 654.5 | 13,283 | – | – | |
| 2021–22 | 49,674 | 665.5 | 13,397 | – | – | |
| –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. | ||||||
| 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,” 1996–97 through 2008–09; National Elementary and Secondary Average Daily Attendance Model, 1994–95 through 2008–09; and Public Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditures Model, 1969–70 through 2008–09. (This table was prepared February 2012.) |
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