Table 236.55.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2011-12

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment1
	Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2013-14 dollars3			Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2013-14 dollars3
	Total expenditure4		Current expenditure	Total expenditure4		Current expenditure	Total expenditure4		Current expenditure	Total expenditure4		Current expenditure	Annual percent change in current expenditure
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10
1919-20	$64		$53	$788		$657	$48		$40	$590		$492	—
1929-30	108		87	1,489		1,190	90		72	1,233		986	—
1931-32	97		81	1,579		1,321	82		69	1,337		1,119	—
1933-34	76		67	1,353		1,197	65		57	1,149		1,017	—
1935-36	88		74	1,504		1,270	74		63	1,272		1,074	—
1937-38	100		84	1,635		1,376	86		72	1,404		1,181	—
1939-40	106		88	1,778		1,481	92		76	1,541		1,284	—
1941-42	110		98	1,658		1,482	94		84	1,420		1,269	—
1943-44	125		117	1,681		1,578	105		99	1,416		1,329	—
1945-46	146		136	1,879		1,757	124		116	1,601		1,497	—
1947-48	205		181	2,066		1,830	179		158	1,804		1,598	—
1949-50	260		210	2,583		2,087	231		187	2,292		1,852	—
1951-52	314		246	2,811		2,200	275		215	2,462		1,926	—
1953-54	351		265	3,066		2,314	312		236	2,727		2,058	—
1955-56	387		294	3,383		2,572	354		269	3,092		2,351	—
1957-58	447		341	3,681		2,807	408		311	3,357		2,560	—
1959-60	471		375	3,767		3,000	440		350	3,519		2,802	—
1961-62	517		419	4,043		3,275	485		393	3,793		3,073	—
1963-64	559		460	4,256		3,507	520		428	3,962		3,264	—
1965-66	654		538	4,815		3,960	607		499	4,470		3,676	—
1967-68	786		658	5,434		4,548	732		612	5,055		4,231	—
1969-70	955		816	5,940		5,076	879		751	5,469		4,673	—
1970-71	1,049		911	6,207		5,389	970		842	5,739		4,982	6.6
1971-72	1,128		990	6,440		5,651	1,034		908	5,906		5,183	4.0
1972-73	1,211		1,077	6,645		5,911	1,117		993	6,129		5,452	5.2
1973-74	1,364		1,207	6,873		6,084	1,244		1,101	6,267		5,547	1.7
1974-75	1,545		1,365	7,008		6,190	1,423		1,257	6,456		5,703	2.8
1975-76	1,697		1,504	7,191		6,371	1,563		1,385	6,622		5,866	2.9
1976-77	1,816		1,638	7,271		6,556	1,674		1,509	6,700		6,041	3.0
1977-78	2,002		1,823	7,512		6,838	1,842		1,677	6,909		6,289	4.1
1978-79	2,210		2,020	7,580		6,931	2,029		1,855	6,961		6,365	1.2
1979-80	2,491		2,272	7,538		6,876	2,290		2,088	6,930		6,321	-0.7
1980-81	2,742	5	2,502	7,438	5	6,786	2,529	5	2,307	6,861	5	6,259	-1.0
1981-82	2,973	5	2,726	7,424	5	6,805	2,754	5	2,525	6,877	5	6,304	0.7
1982-83	3,203	5	2,955	7,669	5	7,075	2,966	5	2,736	7,101	5	6,551	3.9
1983-84	3,471	5	3,173	8,013	5	7,326	3,216	5	2,940	7,424	5	6,786	3.6
1984-85	3,722	5	3,470	8,268	5	7,710	3,456	5	3,222	7,677	5	7,158	5.5
1985-86	4,020	5	3,756	8,680	5	8,109	3,724	5	3,479	8,042	5	7,513	5.0
1986-87	4,308	5	3,970	9,100	5	8,387	3,995	5	3,682	8,439	5	7,777	3.5
1987-88	4,654	5	4,240	9,440	5	8,600	4,310	5	3,927	8,742	5	7,965	2.4
1988-89	5,108		4,645	9,903		9,005	4,737		4,307	9,183		8,351	4.8
1989-90	5,547		4,980	10,265		9,215	5,172		4,643	9,570		8,591	2.9
1990-91	5,882		5,258	10,320		9,225	5,484		4,902	9,621		8,601	0.1
1991-92	6,072		5,421	10,323		9,216	5,626		5,023	9,565		8,540	-0.7
1992-93	6,279		5,584	10,352		9,205	5,802		5,160	9,566		8,506	-0.4
1993-94	6,489		5,767	10,428		9,268	5,994		5,327	9,632		8,561	0.6
1994-95	6,723		5,989	10,502		9,356	6,206		5,529	9,695		8,637	0.9
1995-96	6,959		6,147	10,584		9,348	6,441		5,689	9,796		8,652	0.2
1996-97	7,297		6,393	10,790		9,453	6,761		5,923	9,998		8,759	1.2
1997-98	7,701		6,676	11,187		9,698	7,139		6,189	10,372		8,991	2.7
1998-99	8,115		7,013	11,589		10,015	7,531		6,508	10,754		9,294	3.4
1999-2000	8,589		7,394	11,921		10,262	8,030		6,912	11,145		9,594	3.2
2000-01	9,180		7,904	12,319		10,606	8,572		7,380	11,503		9,904	3.2
2001-02	9,611		8,259	12,673		10,890	8,993		7,727	11,858		10,189	2.9
2002-03	9,950		8,610	12,838		11,109	9,296		8,044	11,995		10,379	1.9
2003-04	10,308		8,900	13,015		11,237	9,625		8,310	12,153		10,493	1.1
2004-05	10,779		9,316	13,212		11,419	10,078		8,711	12,354		10,677	1.8
2005-06	11,338		9,778	13,387		11,546	10,603		9,145	12,520		10,798	1.1
2006-07	12,015		10,336	13,830		11,897	11,252		9,679	12,951		11,141	3.2
2007-08	12,759		10,982	14,161		12,189	11,965		10,298	13,280		11,430	2.6
2008-09	13,033		11,239	14,266		12,302	12,222		10,540	13,379		11,537	0.9
2009-10	13,035		11,427	14,132		12,388	12,133		10,636	13,154		11,531	-0.1
2010-116	12,926		11,433	13,737		12,151	12,054		10,663	12,811		11,332	-1.7
2011-12	12,794		11,363	13,210		11,732	12,010		10,667	12,401		11,014	-2.8

—Not available.

1 Data for 1919-20 to 1953-54 are based on school-year enrollment.

2 Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.

3 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.

4 Excludes "Other Current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per student at public schools.

5 Estimated.

6 Revised from previously published figures.

NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, state administration expenditures are excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Current expenditures include instruction, support services, food services, and enterprise operations. Total expenditures include Current expenditures, capital outlay, and interest on debt. Beginning in 1988-89, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1955-56; Statistics of State School Systems, 1957-58 through 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71 through 1986-87; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2011-12. (This table was prepared July 2014.)