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Current expenditures
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Year ending ADA Constant 1995-96 dollars1 Current dollars2
(in thousands) ____________________________ ______________________________
Total Per pupil Total Per pupil
(in billions) in ADA (in billions) in ADA
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1983 36,636 $170.5 $4,653 $108.3 $2,955
1984 36,363 175.2 4,819 115.4 3,173
1985 36,404 184.6 5,071 126.3 3,470
1986 36,523 194.8 5,333 137.2 3,756
1987 36,864 203.3 5,514 146.4 3,970
1988 37,051 209.5 5,654 157.1 4,240
1989 37,268 220.7 5,923 173.1 4,645
1990 37,799 229.1 6,060 188.2 4,980
1991 38,427 233.1 6,065 202.0 5,258
1992 38,961 236.1 6,061 211.2 5,421
1993 39,570 239.5 6,053 220.9 5,584
1994 40,146 244.6 6,093 231.5 5,767
1995 40,721 250.5 6,151 243.8 5,988
19963 41,563 259.4 6,241 259.4 6,241
Middle alternative projections
1997 42,296 269.7 6,376 277.4 6,560
1998 42,924 280.8 6,541 296.1 6,897
1999 43,372 286.5 6,607 311.9 7,192
2000 43,698 294.6 6,742 331.4 7,583
2001 43,973 302.7 6,883 351.5 7,993
2002 44,213 308.4 6,975 369.4 8,354
2003 44,422 314.2 7,072 __ __
2004 44,562 320.5 7,191 __ __
2005 44,697 326.6 7,306 __ __
2006 44,803 332.5 7,422 __ __
2007 44,834 337.2 7,520 __ __
2008 44,810 341.5 7,622 __ __
Low alternative projections
1997 42,296 269.7 6,376 277.4 6,560
1998 42,924 280.8 6,541 296.1 6,897
1999 43,372 285.5 6,582 311.4 7,179
2000 43,698 292.1 6,685 330.4 7,562
2001 43,973 298.8 6,794 349.9 7,957
2002 44,213 302.8 6,848 366.7 8,295
2003 44,422 307.0 6,911 __ __
2004 44,562 312.0 7,001 __ __
2005 44,697 317.2 7,096 __ __
2006 44,803 322.0 7,186 __ __
2007 44,834 325.3 7,255 __ __
2008 44,810 328.0 7,321 __ __
High alternative projections
1997 42,296 269.7 6,376 277.4 6,560
1998 42,924 280.8 6,541 296.1 6,897
1999 43,372 287.2 6,622 312.0 7,194
2000 43,698 296.4 6,783 331.4 7,584
2001 43,973 305.5 6,948 351.6 7,995
2002 44,213 312.7 7,072 369.9 8,367
2003 44,422 319.8 7,199 __ __
2004 44,562 327.7 7,353 __ __
2005 44,697 334.8 7,490 __ __
2006 44,803 341.8 7,629 __ __
2007 44,834 347.7 7,756 __ __
2008 44,810 353.5 7,888 __ __
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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 2002 due to the uncertain behavior
of inflation over the long term.
3 Current expenditures and average daily attendence are projected.
NOTE: Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. Historical numbers may differ
from those in previous editions
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics
of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools; Common Core of Data survey; and the Early Estimates
survey; and National Education Association, annual Estimates of School Statistics.
(Latest edition 1996-97. Copyright 1997 by the National Education Association. All rights
reserved. (This table was prepared October 1997.)
