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Table 44.-Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, with alternative projections: 1984-85 to 2009-10
Year Ending   Current expenditures
Fall enrollment1
(in thousands)
Constant 1998-1999 dollars1 Current dollars
Total
(in billions)
Per pupil in
fall enrollment
Total
(in billions)
Per pupil in
fall enrollment
1985 39,208 $196.6 $5,015 $126.3 $3,222
1986 39,422 207.5 5,263 137.2 3,479
1987 39,753 216.5 5,447 146.4 3,682
1988 40,008 223.1 5,578 157.1 3,927
1989 40,188 235.1 5,851 173.1 4,307
1990 40,543 244.0 6,018 188.2 4,643
1991 41,217 248.3 6,024 202.0 4,902
1992 42,047 251.5 5,982 211.2 5,023
1993 42,823 255.2 5,959 220.9 5,160
1994 43,465 260.6 5,995 231.5 5,327
1995 44,111 266.8 6,049 243.9 5,529
1996 44,840 271.7 6,059 255.1 5,689
1997 45,611 279.8 6,134 270.2 5,923
1998 46,127 290.4 6,297 285.5 6,189
  Middle ALTernative projections
1999 46,535 306.7 6,590 306.7 6,590
2000 46,812 322.3 6,886 330.3 7,055
2001 47,026 336.4 7,153 352.2 7,489
2002 47,176 345.1 7,315 369.8 7,838
2003 47,296 350.2 7,404 385.0 8,140
2004 47,373 355.9 7,512 401.7 8,480
2005 47,436 365.6 7,707 (3) (3)
2006 47,475 376.1 7,922 (3) (3)
2007 47,452 385.0 8,112 (3) (3)
2008 47,365 390.9 8,253 (3) (3)
2009 47,218 396.0 8,387 (3) (3)
2010 47,109 401.9 8,530 (3) (3)
  Low ALTernative projections
1999 46,535 306.7 6,590 306.7 6,590
2000 46,812 322.3 6,885 330.3 7,055
2001 47,026 335.8 7,141 352.0 7,484
2002 47,176 341.4 7,236 366.8 7,775
2003 47,296 341.6 7,222 376.8 7,966
2004 47,373 345.0 7,283 390.0 8,233
2005 47,436 352.9 7,439 (3) (3)
2006 47,475 359.2 7,567 (3) (3)
2007 47,452 364.9 7,690 (3) (3)
2008 47,365 368.7 7,784 (3) (3)
2009 47,218 370.5 7,846 (3) (3)
2010 47,109 374.0 7,940 (3) (3)
  High ALTernative projections
1999 46,535 306.7 6,590 306.7 6,590
2000 46,812 322.4 6,888 330.4 7,057
2001 47,026 337.4 7,174 352.9 7,504
2002 47,176 348.6 7,389 371.6 7,877
2003 47,296 357.0 7,547 387.2 8,187
2004 47,373 366.6 7,739 403.6 8,520
2005 47,436 380.7 8,025 (3) (3)
2006 47,475 396.0 8,340 (3) (3)
2007 47,452 408.8 8,615 (3) (3)
2008 47,365 418.3 8,832 (3) (3)
2009 47,218 426.5 9,033 (3) (3)
2010 47,109 435.1 9,236 (3) (3)
1Each enrollment number refers to the fall of the school year shown in column 1. For example, the enrollment number listed for 1985 is for fall 1984.
2Based on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
3Projections in current dollars are not shown after 2003 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; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment 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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