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Table 236.15. Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1989-90 through 2024-25
School year Current expenditures in
unadjusted dollars1
Current expenditures in constant 2013-14 dollars2
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 $348.3 3.8 $8,591 2.9 $9,215 2.3
1990-91 202.0 4,902 5,258 354.5 1.8 8,601 0.1 9,225 0.1
1991-92 211.2 5,023 5,421 359.1 1.3 8,540 -0.7 9,216 -0.1
1992-93 220.9 5,160 5,584 364.3 1.4 8,506 -0.4 9,205 -0.1
1993-94 231.5 5,327 5,767 372.1 2.1 8,561 0.6 9,268 0.7
                   
1994-95 243.9 5,529 5,989 381.0 2.4 8,637 0.9 9,356 0.9
1995-96. 255.1 5,689 6,147 388.0 1.8 8,652 0.2 9,348 -0.1
1996-97 270.2 5,923 6,393 399.5 3.0 8,759 1.2 9,453 1.1
1997-98 285.5 6,189 6,676 414.7 3.8 8,991 2.7 9,698 2.6
1998-99 302.9 6,508 7,013 432.5 4.3 9,294 3.4 10,015 3.3
                   
1999-2000 323.9 6,912 7,394 449.5 3.9 9,594 3.2 10,262 2.5
2000-01 348.4 7,380 7,904 467.5 4.0 9,904 3.2 10,606 3.4
2001-02 368.4 7,727 8,259 485.7 3.9 10,189 2.9 10,890 2.7
2002-03 387.6 8,044 8,610 500.1 3.0 10,379 1.9 11,109 2.0
2003-04 403.4 8,310 8,900 509.3 1.8 10,493 1.1 11,237 1.2
                   
2004-05 425.0 8,711 9,316 521.0 2.3 10,677 1.8 11,419 1.6
2005-06 449.1 9,145 9,778 530.3 1.8 10,798 1.1 11,546 1.1
2006-07 476.8 9,679 10,336 548.8 3.5 11,141 3.2 11,897 3.0
2007-08 506.9 10,298 10,982 562.6 2.5 11,430 2.6 12,189 2.5
2008-09 518.9 10,540 11,239 568.0 1.0 11,537 0.9 12,302 0.9
                   
2009-10 524.7 10,636 11,427 568.9 0.1 11,531 -0.1 12,388 0.7
2010-11 527.3 10,663 11,433 560.4 -1.5 11,332 -1.7 12,151 -1.9
2011-12 527.1 10,667 11,363 544.2 -2.9 11,014 -2.8 11,732 -3.4
2012-133  514.5 10,412 11,060 522.5 -4.0 10,574 0.7 11,232 1.1
2013-143  529.9 10,610 11,352 529.9 1.4 10,610 0.9 11,352 0.9
                   
2014-153  542.4 10,851 11,610 539.2 1.8 10,787 2.0 11,541 2.0
2015-163  559.5 11,169 11,950 548.3 1.7 10,946 1.8 11,711 1.8
2016-173  584.8 11,643 12,457 560.0 2.1 11,150 2.0 11,929 2.0
2017-183  615.3 12,164 13,015 575.2 2.7 11,370 2.0 12,166 2.0
2018-193  644.0 12,660 13,546 587.3 2.1 11,545 1.5 12,353 1.5
                   
2019-203  674.9 13,185 14,108 600.7 2.3 11,737 1.3 12,558 1.3
2020-213  706.4 13,705 14,663 613.7 2.2 11,906 1.0 12,739 1.0
2021-223  736.8 14,193 15,186 626.0 2.0 12,059 1.0 12,902 1.0
2022-233  768.0 14,696 15,723 638.2 2.0 12,212 1.1 13,066 1.1
2023-243  800.2 15,213 16,277 650.5 1.9 12,366 0.7 13,231 0.7
2024-253  824.9 15,589 16,679 659.4 1.4 12,460 # 13,332 #
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
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 2011-12; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2024; and Public Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditure Projection Model, 1973-74 through 2024-25. (This table was prepared August 2015.)

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