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Table 43.-Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in average daily attendance (ADA) in public elementary and secondary schools, with alternative projections: 1984-85 to 2009-10
Year Ending   Current expenditures
ADA
(in thousands)
Constant 1998-1999 dollars1 Current dollars
Total
(in billions)
Per pupil
in ADA
Total
(in billions)
Per pupil
in ADA
1985 36,404 $196.6 $5,402 $126.3 $3,470
1986 36,523 207.5 5,680 137.2 3,756
1987 36,864 216.5 5,874 146.4 3,970
1988 37,051 223.1 6,023 157.1 4,240
1989 37,268 235.1 6,309 173.1 4,645
1990 37,799 244.0 6,455 188.2 4,980
1991 38,427 248.3 6,461 202.0 5,258
1992 38,961 251.5 6,456 211.2 5,421
1993 39,570 255.2 6,448 220.9 5,584
1994 40,146 260.6 6,490 231.5 5,767
1995 40,721 266.8 6,553 243.9 5,989
1996 41,502 271.7 6,546 255.1 6,147
1997 42,262 279.8 6,620 270.2 6,392
1998 42,855 290.4 6,777 285.5 6,662
  Middle ALTernative projections
1999 43,127 306.7 7,111 306.7 7,111
2000 43,383 322.3 7,430 330.3 7,613
2001 43,582 336.4 7,718 352.2 8,081
2002 43,720 345.1 7,893 369.8 8,458
2003 43,832 350.2 7,989 385.0 8,783
2004 43,903 355.9 8,106 401.7 9,150
2005 43,962 365.6 8,316 (2) (2)
2006 43,998 376.1 8,548 (2) (2)
2007 43,977 385.0 8,754 (2) (2)
2008 43,896 390.9 8,906 (2) (2)
2009 43,760 396.0 9,050 (2) (2)
2010 43,659 401.9 9,204 (2) (2)
  Low ALTernative projections
1999 43,127 306.7 7,111 306.7 7,111
2000 43,383 322.3 7,429 330.3 7,613
2001 43,582 335.8 7,705 352.0 8,076
2002 43,720 341.4 7,808 366.8 8,389
2003 43,832 341.6 7,793 376.8 8,596
2004 43,903 345.0 7,859 390.0 8,883
2005 43,962 352.9 8,027 (2) (2)
2006 43,998 359.2 8,165 (2) (2)
2007 43,977 364.9 8,298 (2) (2)
2008 43,896 368.7 8,399 (2) (2)
2009 43,760 370.5 8,466 (2) (2)
2010 43,659 374.0 8,568 (2) (2)
  High ALTernative projections
1999 43,127 306.7 7,111 306.7 7,111
2000 43,383 322.4 7,432 330.4 7,615
2001 43,582 337.4 7,741 352.9 8,097
2002 43,720 348.6 7,973 371.6 8,499
2003 43,832 357.0 8,144 387.2 8,834
2004 43,903 366.6 8,351 403.6 9,193
2005 43,962 380.7 8,659 (2) (2)
2006 43,998 396.0 9,000 (2) (2)
2007 43,977 408.8 9,296 (2) (2)
2008 43,896 418.3 9,530 (2) (2)
2009 43,760 426.5 9,747 (2) (2)
2010 43,659 435.1 9,965 (2) (2)
1 Based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
2 Projections in current dollars are not shown after 2004 due to the uncertain behavior of inflation over the long term.
NOTE: Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; Elementary and Secondary Average Daily Attendance Model; Elementary and Secondary School Current Expenditures Model; and National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics. (Latest edition 2000. Copyright 1999 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared May 2000.)

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