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An Historical Overview of Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, by State: Fiscal Years 1990–2002

NCES 2007-317
January 2007

Table 11.c. Adjusted instruction expenditures per pupil for public elementary and secondary education, by fiscal year and state: 1990-2002 (Table 11.c.—Continued)
 
  Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment
State or jurisdiction 1990   1991   1992   1993   1994   1995   1996  
United States1 $3,931 2  $3,946 2  $3,940 2  $3,940 2  $3,971 2  $3,948 2  $3,955 2 
 
Alabama 2,747 2,842 2  2,733 2,775 2,916 3,374 3,456
Alaska 5,285 4,979 5,184 5,061 5,005 4,152 2  4,144 2 
Arizona 3,083 2  3,021 2  3,006 2  2,987 2  2,887 2  2,882 2  2,952 2 
Arkansas 2,691 2,655 2,935 3,029 3,064 3,417 3,571
California 3,672 3,566 3,545 3,453 3,438 2,999 2,995
 
Colorado 3,680 3,737 3,654 3,655 3,540 3,633 3,623
Connecticut 6,534 6,246 6,244 6,063 6,141 5,430 5,285
Delaware 4,670 2  4,536 2  4,517 4,502 4,609 4,598 4,570
District of Columbia 5,017 4,927 5,264 5,240 5,303 4,534 4,427
Florida 3,733 3,774 3,633 3,540 3,566 3,685 3,631
 
Georgia 3,440 3,461 3,327 3,443 3,427 3,718 3,821
Hawaii 3,481 3,900 3,956 4,091 4,156 4,046 3,957
Idaho 2,561 2,693 2,728 2,722 2,797 3,169 3,259
Illinois 3,775 3,803 3,863 3,928 3,904 3,748 3,650
Indiana 3,682 3,788 3,804 3,884 3,939 4,191 4,231
 
Iowa 3,529 3,525 3,807 3,865 3,809 4,283 4,327
Kansas 3,555 3,485 3,468 3,612 3,582 3,919 3,946
Kentucky 2,835 2  3,089 2  3,313 2  3,270 2  3,289 2  3,539 2  3,731
Louisiana 2,972 2,981 3,101 2,987 2,995 3,380 3,338
Maine 4,514 4,373 4,464 4,662 4,541 4,797 4,771
 
Maryland 4,668 4,781 4,624 4,610 4,560 2  4,509 4,495
Massachusetts 4,829 4,669 4,604 4,710 4,719 4,439 4,518
Michigan 4,105 4,132 4,280 4,316 4,337 4,419 4,472
Minnesota 4,194 4,195 4,169 4,168 4,148 4,254 4,281
Mississippi 2,611 2,510 2,455 2,460 2,568 3,160 3,199
 
Missouri 3,455 3,432 3,351 3,279 3,398 3,626 3,717
Montana 3,693 3,784 3,876 3,808 3,843 4,096 4,077
Nebraska 3,900 3,846 3,842 2  3,922 2  4,024 2  4,565 2  4,535 2 
Nevada 3,242 3,389 3,489 3,435 3,385 3,440 3,447
New Hampshire 4,185 4,336 4,279 4,301 2  4,252 2  3,984 2  4,040 2 
 
New Jersey 5,907 2  6,106 2  6,391 2  6,470 2  6,627 5,565 5,565
New Mexico 2,818 2,899 2,961 2,881 2,931 3,205 3,227
New York 6,526 6,686 6,454 6,524 6,635 5,864 5,725
North Carolina 3,491 3,488 3,377 3,409 3,399 3,717 3,634
North Dakota 3,300 3,135 3,249 3,287 3,277 3,757 3,791
 
Ohio 3,618 3,619 3,758 3,787 3,855 3,870 3,873
Oklahoma 2,899 2  3,003 2,986 3,015 3,173 3,518 3,424
Oregon 3,976 4,063 4,034 4,169 4,031 4,100 4,115
Pennsylvania 5,077 5,101 5,004 5,064 4,992 4,801 4,899
Rhode Island 5,386 5,299 5,244 5,444 5,519 5,031 4,995
 
South Carolina 3,116 3,151 3,110 3,113 3,127 3,424 3,532
South Dakota 3,035 3,021 3,108 3,151 3,077 3,573 3,398
Tennessee 3,088 2,888 2,815 2,789 2,989 3,306 3,302
Texas 3,261 3,255 3,295 3,138 3,243 3,610 3,699
Utah 2,341 2,388 2,405 2,453 2,621 2,797 2,865
 
Vermont 5,065 5,223 5,213 5,075 4,980 4,897 4,820
Virginia 3,908 3,934 3,773 3,781 3,818 3,945 3,899
Washington 3,601 2  3,699 2  3,774 2  3,905 2  3,887 2  3,676 2  3,673 2 
West Virginia 3,374 2  3,693 2  3,663 2  3,958 4,012 4,561 4,620
Wisconsin 4,399 4,474 4,590 4,738 4,744 4,869 4,891
Wyoming 4,347 4,192 4,300 4,173 4,169 4,537 4,469
 
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa 1,031 1,200 1,098 964 974 951 968
Guam 2,458 3,009 2,802 3,136 3,551 2,997 3,017
Northern Marianas 4,056 4,975 5,358 4,455 4,459 4,918 4,548
Puerto Rico 1,657 1,672 1,729 1,758 1,878 2,048 2,163
U.S. Virgin Islands 4,581 4,168 3,955 3,745 3,672 3,491 3,462
See notes at end of table.