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Table 236.15. | Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1989-90 through 2025-26 |
School year | Current expenditures in unadjusted dollars1 |
Current expenditures in constant 2014-15 dollars2 | |||||||
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Total current expenditures | Per pupil in fall enrollment |
Per pupil in average daily attendance (ADA) |
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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 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
1989-90 | $188.2 | $4,643 | $4,980 | $350.9 | 3.8 | $8,654 | 2.9 | $9,282 | 2.3 |
1990-91 | 202.0 | 4,902 | 5,258 | 357.1 | 1.8 | 8,663 | 0.1 | 9,292 | 0.1 |
1991-92 | 211.2 | 5,023 | 5,421 | 361.7 | 1.3 | 8,602 | -0.7 | 9,283 | -0.1 |
1992-93 | 220.9 | 5,160 | 5,584 | 366.9 | 1.4 | 8,568 | -0.4 | 9,272 | -0.1 |
1993-94 | 231.5 | 5,327 | 5,767 | 374.8 | 2.1 | 8,623 | 0.6 | 9,336 | 0.7 |
1994-95 | 243.9 | 5,529 | 5,989 | 383.8 | 2.4 | 8,700 | 0.9 | 9,424 | 0.9 |
1995-96 | 255.1 | 5,689 | 6,147 | 390.8 | 1.8 | 8,715 | 0.2 | 9,416 | -0.1 |
1996-97 | 270.2 | 5,923 | 6,393 | 402.4 | 3.0 | 8,822 | 1.2 | 9,521 | 1.1 |
1997-98 | 285.5 | 6,189 | 6,676 | 417.8 | 3.8 | 9,057 | 2.7 | 9,768 | 2.6 |
1998-99 | 302.9 | 6,508 | 7,013 | 435.7 | 4.3 | 9,361 | 3.4 | 10,088 | 3.3 |
1999-2000 | 323.9 | 6,912 | 7,394 | 452.8 | 3.9 | 9,664 | 3.2 | 10,337 | 2.5 |
2000-01 | 348.4 | 7,380 | 7,904 | 470.9 | 4.0 | 9,976 | 3.2 | 10,684 | 3.4 |
2001-02 | 368.4 | 7,727 | 8,259 | 489.3 | 3.9 | 10,264 | 2.9 | 10,969 | 2.7 |
2002-03 | 387.6 | 8,044 | 8,610 | 503.7 | 3.0 | 10,455 | 1.9 | 11,190 | 2.0 |
2003-04 | 403.4 | 8,310 | 8,900 | 513.0 | 1.8 | 10,569 | 1.1 | 11,319 | 1.2 |
2004-05 | 425.0 | 8,711 | 9,316 | 524.8 | 2.3 | 10,755 | 1.8 | 11,502 | 1.6 |
2005-06 | 449.1 | 9,145 | 9,778 | 534.2 | 1.8 | 10,877 | 1.1 | 11,630 | 1.1 |
2006-07 | 476.8 | 9,679 | 10,336 | 552.8 | 3.5 | 11,222 | 3.2 | 11,983 | 3.0 |
2007-08 | 506.9 | 10,298 | 10,982 | 566.7 | 2.5 | 11,513 | 2.6 | 12,278 | 2.5 |
2008-09 | 518.9 | 10,540 | 11,239 | 572.2 | 1.0 | 11,621 | 0.9 | 12,391 | 0.9 |
2009-10 | 524.7 | 10,636 | 11,427 | 573.0 | 0.1 | 11,615 | -0.1 | 12,478 | 0.7 |
2010-11 | 527.3 | 10,663 | 11,433 | 564.5 | -1.5 | 11,414 | -1.7 | 12,240 | -1.9 |
2011-12 | 527.2 | 10,648 | 11,362 | 548.3 | -2.9 | 11,074 | -3.0 | 11,817 | -3.5 |
2012-13 | 535.7 | 10,763 | 11,503 | 548.0 | -0.1 | 11,011 | -0.6 | 11,768 | -0.4 |
2013-143 | 530.0 | 10,590 | 11,330 | 533.9 | -2.6 | 10,667 | -3.1 | 11,410 | -3.0 |
2014-153 | 544.9 | 10,870 | 11,630 | 544.9 | 2.1 | 10,870 | 1.9 | 11,630 | 1.9 |
2015-163 | 560.5 | 11,150 | 11,930 | 557.4 | 2.3 | 11,090 | 2.0 | 11,860 | 2.0 |
2016-173 | 584.4 | 11,600 | 12,410 | 567.1 | 1.7 | 11,260 | 1.5 | 12,040 | 1.5 |
2017-183 | 611.9 | 12,120 | 12,970 | 578.8 | 2.1 | 11,470 | 1.9 | 12,270 | 1.9 |
2018-193 | 637.8 | 12,620 | 13,500 | 589.6 | 1.9 | 11,670 | 1.8 | 12,480 | 1.8 |
2019-203 | 663.6 | 13,110 | 14,020 | 599.0 | 1.6 | 11,830 | 1.4 | 12,660 | 1.4 |
2020-213 | 690.7 | 13,600 | 14,550 | 608.3 | 1.5 | 11,980 | 1.2 | 12,820 | 1.2 |
2021-223 | 718.5 | 14,110 | 15,090 | 616.3 | 1.3 | 12,100 | 1.0 | 12,950 | 1.0 |
2022-233 | 747.0 | 14,620 | 15,640 | 623.8 | 1.2 | 12,210 | 0.9 | 13,060 | 0.9 |
2023-243 | 775.5 | 15,140 | 16,190 | 630.9 | 1.1 | 12,320 | 0.9 | 13,180 | 0.9 |
2024-253 | 803.2 | 15,640 | 16,740 | 637.8 | 1.1 | 12,420 | 0.9 | 13,290 | 0.9 |
2025-263 | 822.8 | 16,000 | 17,120 | 642.2 | 0.7 | 12,490 | 0.5 | 13,360 | 0.5 |
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 2012-13; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2025; and Public Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditure Projection Model, 1973-74 through 2025-26. (This table was prepared April 2016.) |