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Table 236.15. | Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1989-90 through 2023-24 |
School year | Current expenditures in unadjusted dollars1 | Current expenditures in constant 2012-13 dollars2 | |||||||
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Total current expenditures | Per pupil in fall enrollment | Per pupil in average daily attendance (ADA) | |||||||
Total, in billions | Per pupil in fall enrollment | Per pupil in average daily attendance (ADA) |
In billions | Annual percentage change | Per pupil enrolled | Annual percentage change | Per pupil in ADA | Annual percentage change | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
1989-90 | $188.2 | $4,643 | $4,980 | $343.0 | 3.8 | $8,459 | 2.9 | $9,073 | 2.3 |
1990-91 | 202.0 | 4,902 | 5,258 | 349.0 | 1.8 | 8,468 | 0.1 | 9,083 | 0.1 |
1991-92 | 211.2 | 5,023 | 5,421 | 353.6 | 1.3 | 8,409 | -0.7 | 9,075 | -0.1 |
1992-93 | 220.9 | 5,160 | 5,584 | 358.7 | 1.4 | 8,375 | -0.4 | 9,064 | -0.1 |
1993-94 | 231.5 | 5,327 | 5,767 | 366.4 | 2.1 | 8,429 | 0.6 | 9,126 | 0.7 |
1994-95 | 243.9 | 5,529 | 5,989 | 375.1 | 2.4 | 8,504 | 0.9 | 9,212 | 0.9 |
1995-96 | 255.1 | 5,689 | 6,147 | 382.0 | 1.8 | 8,519 | 0.2 | 9,205 | -0.1 |
1996-97 | 270.2 | 5,923 | 6,393 | 393.3 | 3.0 | 8,624 | 1.2 | 9,307 | 1.1 |
1997-98 | 285.5 | 6,189 | 6,676 | 408.4 | 3.8 | 8,853 | 2.7 | 9,549 | 2.6 |
1998-99 | 302.9 | 6,508 | 7,013 | 425.9 | 4.3 | 9,151 | 3.4 | 9,861 | 3.3 |
1999-2000 | 323.9 | 6,912 | 7,394 | 442.6 | 3.9 | 9,446 | 3.2 | 10,104 | 2.5 |
2000-01 | 348.4 | 7,380 | 7,904 | 460.3 | 4.0 | 9,751 | 3.2 | 10,443 | 3.4 |
2001-02 | 368.4 | 7,727 | 8,259 | 478.3 | 3.9 | 10,033 | 2.9 | 10,723 | 2.7 |
2002-03 | 387.6 | 8,044 | 8,610 | 492.4 | 3.0 | 10,219 | 1.9 | 10,938 | 2.0 |
2003-04 | 403.4 | 8,310 | 8,900 | 501.5 | 1.8 | 10,332 | 1.1 | 11,064 | 1.2 |
2004-05 | 425.0 | 8,711 | 9,316 | 513.0 | 2.3 | 10,513 | 1.8 | 11,243 | 1.6 |
2005-06 | 449.1 | 9,145 | 9,778 | 522.2 | 1.8 | 10,632 | 1.1 | 11,368 | 1.1 |
2006-07 | 476.8 | 9,679 | 10,336 | 540.4 | 3.5 | 10,969 | 3.2 | 11,714 | 3.0 |
2007-08 | 506.9 | 10,298 | 10,982 | 553.9 | 2.5 | 11,254 | 2.6 | 12,001 | 2.5 |
2008-09 | 518.9 | 10,540 | 11,239 | 559.3 | 1.0 | 11,359 | 0.9 | 12,113 | 0.9 |
2009-10 | 524.7 | 10,636 | 11,427 | 560.1 | 0.1 | 11,353 | -0.1 | 12,198 | 0.7 |
2010-11 | 527.2 | 10,658 | 11,418 | 551.6 | -1.5 | 11,153 | -1.8 | 11,948 | -2.0 |
2011-123 | 527.5 | 10,650 | 11,400 | 536.3 | -2.8 | 10,830 | -2.9 | 11,590 | -3.0 |
2012-133 | 542.2 | 10,920 | 11,680 | 542.2 | 1.1 | 10,920 | 0.8 | 11,680 | 0.8 |
2013-143 | 556.6 | 11,190 | 11,970 | 548.4 | 1.1 | 11,020 | 0.9 | 11,790 | 0.9 |
2014-153 | 576.8 | 11,590 | 12,400 | 558.8 | 1.9 | 11,230 | 1.9 | 12,020 | 1.9 |
2015-163 | — | — | — | 570.0 | 2.0 | 11,440 | 1.8 | 12,240 | 1.8 |
2016-173 | — | — | — | 582.8 | 2.2 | 11,670 | 2.0 | 12,480 | 2.0 |
2017-183 | — | — | — | 598.3 | 2.7 | 11,900 | 2.0 | 12,730 | 2.0 |
2018-193 | — | — | — | 610.7 | 2.1 | 12,080 | 1.5 | 12,930 | 1.5 |
2019-203 | — | — | — | 622.4 | 1.9 | 12,240 | 1.3 | 13,100 | 1.3 |
2020-213 | — | — | — | 633.0 | 1.7 | 12,370 | 1.0 | 13,240 | 1.0 |
2021-223 | — | — | — | 643.2 | 1.6 | 12,490 | 1.0 | 13,370 | 1.0 |
2022-233 | — | — | — | 654.2 | 1.7 | 12,630 | 1.1 | 13,510 | 1.1 |
2023-243 | — | — | — | 662.9 | 1.3 | 12,720 | 0.7 | 13,610 | 0.7 |
—Not available. | |||||||||
1 Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation. | |||||||||
2 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. | |||||||||
3 Projected. | |||||||||
NOTE: Current expenditures include instruction, support services, food services, and enterprise operations. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | |||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2010-11; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2023; and Public Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditure Projection Model, 1973-74 through 2023-24. (This table was prepared May 2014.) |