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Table 236.15. | Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1989-90 through 2026-27 |
School year | Current expenditures in unadjusted dollars1 | Current expenditures in constant 2015-16 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 | $353.2 | 3.8 | $8,712 | 2.9 | $9,345 | 2.3 |
1990-91 | 202.0 | 4,902 | 5,258 | 359.5 | 1.8 | 8,722 | 0.1 | 9,355 | 0.1 |
1991-92 | 211.2 | 5,023 | 5,421 | 364.1 | 1.3 | 8,660 | -0.7 | 9,346 | -0.1 |
1992-93 | 220.9 | 5,160 | 5,584 | 369.4 | 1.4 | 8,626 | -0.4 | 9,335 | -0.1 |
1993-94 | 231.5 | 5,327 | 5,767 | 377.3 | 2.1 | 8,681 | 0.6 | 9,399 | 0.7 |
1994-95 | 243.9 | 5,529 | 5,989 | 386.4 | 2.4 | 8,758 | 0.9 | 9,488 | 0.9 |
1995-96 | 255.1 | 5,689 | 6,147 | 393.4 | 1.8 | 8,774 | 0.2 | 9,480 | -0.1 |
1996-97 | 270.2 | 5,923 | 6,393 | 405.1 | 3.0 | 8,882 | 1.2 | 9,586 | 1.1 |
1997-98 | 285.5 | 6,189 | 6,676 | 420.6 | 3.8 | 9,118 | 2.7 | 9,834 | 2.6 |
1998-99 | 302.9 | 6,508 | 7,013 | 438.6 | 4.3 | 9,424 | 3.4 | 10,156 | 3.3 |
1999-2000 | 323.9 | 6,912 | 7,394 | 455.9 | 3.9 | 9,729 | 3.2 | 10,406 | 2.5 |
2000-01 | 348.4 | 7,380 | 7,904 | 474.1 | 4.0 | 10,043 | 3.2 | 10,756 | 3.4 |
2001-02 | 368.4 | 7,727 | 8,259 | 492.6 | 3.9 | 10,333 | 2.9 | 11,043 | 2.7 |
2002-03 | 387.6 | 8,044 | 8,610 | 507.1 | 3.0 | 10,525 | 1.9 | 11,265 | 2.0 |
2003-04 | 403.4 | 8,310 | 8,900 | 516.5 | 1.8 | 10,641 | 1.1 | 11,395 | 1.2 |
2004-05 | 425.0 | 8,711 | 9,316 | 528.3 | 2.3 | 10,828 | 1.8 | 11,580 | 1.6 |
2005-06 | 449.1 | 9,145 | 9,778 | 537.8 | 1.8 | 10,950 | 1.1 | 11,709 | 1.1 |
2006-07 | 476.8 | 9,679 | 10,336 | 556.6 | 3.5 | 11,298 | 3.2 | 12,064 | 3.0 |
2007-08 | 506.9 | 10,298 | 10,982 | 570.5 | 2.5 | 11,591 | 2.6 | 12,361 | 2.5 |
2008-09 | 518.9 | 10,540 | 11,239 | 576.0 | 1.0 | 11,699 | 0.9 | 12,475 | 0.9 |
2009-10 | 524.7 | 10,636 | 11,427 | 576.9 | 0.1 | 11,693 | -0.1 | 12,563 | 0.7 |
2010-11 | 527.3 | 10,663 | 11,433 | 568.3 | -1.5 | 11,492 | -1.7 | 12,322 | -1.9 |
2011-12 | 527.2 | 10,648 | 11,362 | 552.0 | -2.9 | 11,149 | -3.0 | 11,897 | -3.5 |
2012-13 | 535.8 | 10,771 | 11,509 | 551.8 | # | 11,093 | -0.5 | 11,854 | -0.4 |
2013-14 | 553.5 | 11,070 | 11,830 | 561.3 | 1.7 | 11,226 | 1.2 | 12,000 | 1.2 |
2014-153 | 565.2 | 11,230 | 12,020 | 569.0 | 1.4 | 11,310 | 0.8 | 12,100 | 0.8 |
2015-163 | 580.3 | 11,490 | 12,300 | 580.3 | 2.0 | 11,490 | 1.6 | 12,300 | 1.6 |
2016-173 | 599.6 | 11,840 | 12,670 | 588.5 | 1.4 | 11,630 | 1.1 | 12,430 | 1.1 |
2017-183 | 623.5 | 12,300 | 13,150 | 596.7 | 1.4 | 11,770 | 1.2 | 12,590 | 1.2 |
2018-193 | 647.9 | 12,760 | 13,650 | 605.5 | 1.5 | 11,930 | 1.4 | 12,760 | 1.4 |
2019-203 | 672.8 | 13,230 | 14,150 | 613.8 | 1.4 | 12,070 | 1.2 | 12,910 | 1.2 |
2020-213 | 699.1 | 13,710 | 14,660 | 622.4 | 1.4 | 12,200 | 1.1 | 13,050 | 1.1 |
2021-223 | 726.6 | 14,200 | 15,190 | 631.5 | 1.5 | 12,340 | 1.2 | 13,200 | 1.2 |
2022-233 | 755.3 | 14,720 | 15,750 | 640.3 | 1.4 | 12,480 | 1.1 | 13,350 | 1.1 |
2023-243 | 785.2 | 15,260 | 16,320 | 649.2 | 1.4 | 12,620 | 1.1 | 13,500 | 1.1 |
2024-253 | 814.7 | 15,800 | 16,900 | 657.5 | 1.3 | 12,750 | 1.1 | 13,640 | 1.1 |
2025-263 | 844.1 | 16,350 | 17,490 | 664.8 | 1.1 | 12,870 | 1.0 | 13,770 | 1.0 |
2026-273 | 865.9 | 16,740 | 17,900 | 669.5 | 0.7 | 12,940 | 0.5 | 13,840 | 0.5 |
#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 2013-14; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2026; and Public Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditure Projection Model, 1973-74 through 2026-27. (This table was prepared March 2017.) |