Table 236.55.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2013-14

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment1
	Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2015-16 dollars3			Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2015-16 dollars3
	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Annual percent change in current expenditure
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10
1919-20	$64		$53	$800		$667	$48		$40	$598		$499	—
1929-30	108		87	1,510		1,207	90		72	1,251		999	—
1931-32	97		81	1,601		1,340	82		69	1,355		1,135	—
1933-34	76		67	1,372		1,214	65		57	1,165		1,032	—
1935-36	88		74	1,525		1,288	74		63	1,290		1,090	—
1937-38	100		84	1,658		1,395	86		72	1,424		1,198	—
1939-40	106		88	1,803		1,502	92		76	1,562		1,302	—
1941-42	110		98	1,681		1,502	94		84	1,440		1,286	—
1943-44	125		117	1,705		1,600	105		99	1,436		1,348	—
1945-46	146		136	1,905		1,782	124		116	1,623		1,518	—
1947-48	205		181	2,095		1,856	179		158	1,829		1,621	—
1949-50	260		210	2,620		2,116	231		187	2,325		1,878	—
1951-52	314		246	2,851		2,231	275		215	2,496		1,953	—
1953-54	351		265	3,110		2,346	312		236	2,765		2,087	—
1955-56	387		294	3,430		2,608	354		269	3,136		2,384	—
1957-58	447		341	3,733		2,846	408		311	3,405		2,596	—
1959-60	471		375	3,820		3,042	440		350	3,568		2,842	—
1961-62	517		419	4,099		3,321	485		393	3,847		3,117	—
1963-64	559		460	4,316		3,556	520		428	4,017		3,310	—
1965-66	654		538	4,882		4,015	607		499	4,533		3,728	—
1967-68	786		658	5,511		4,612	732		612	5,126		4,290	—
1969-70	955		816	6,024		5,147	879		751	5,546		4,738	—
1970-71	1,049		911	6,295		5,465	970		842	5,819		5,052	6.6
1971-72	1,128		990	6,531		5,731	1,034		908	5,989		5,256	4.0
1972-73	1,211		1,077	6,738		5,994	1,117		993	6,216		5,529	5.2
1973-74	1,364		1,207	6,970		6,169	1,244		1,101	6,356		5,626	1.7
1974-75	1,545		1,365	7,107		6,278	1,423		1,257	6,547		5,783	2.8
1975-76	1,697		1,504	7,292		6,460	1,563		1,385	6,715		5,949	2.9
1976-77	1,816		1,638	7,374		6,648	1,674		1,509	6,795		6,126	3.0
1977-78	2,002		1,823	7,618		6,935	1,842		1,677	7,006		6,378	4.1
1978-79	2,210		2,020	7,687		7,028	2,029		1,855	7,059		6,454	1.2
1979-80	2,491		2,272	7,644		6,973	2,290		2,088	7,027		6,410	-0.7
1980-81	2,742	5	2,502	7,543	5	6,881	2,529	5	2,307	6,958	5	6,347	-1.0
1981-82	2,973	5	2,726	7,528	5	6,901	2,754	5	2,525	6,974	5	6,393	0.7
1982-83	3,203	5	2,955	7,777	5	7,174	2,966	5	2,736	7,201	5	6,643	3.9
1983-84	3,471	5	3,173	8,126	5	7,429	3,216	5	2,940	7,528	5	6,882	3.6
1984-85	3,722	5	3,470	8,385	5	7,818	3,456	5	3,222	7,785	5	7,259	5.5
1985-86	4,020	5	3,756	8,802	5	8,224	3,724	5	3,479	8,155	5	7,619	5.0
1986-87	4,308	5	3,970	9,228	5	8,505	3,995	5	3,682	8,558	5	7,887	3.5
1987-88	4,654	5	4,240	9,573	5	8,721	4,310	5	3,927	8,865	5	8,077	2.4
1988-89	5,108		4,645	10,042		9,132	4,737		4,307	9,313		8,468	4.8
1989-90	5,547		4,980	10,409		9,345	5,172		4,643	9,705		8,712	2.9
1990-91	5,882		5,258	10,465		9,355	5,484		4,902	9,757		8,722	0.1
1991-92	6,072		5,421	10,468		9,346	5,626		5,023	9,700		8,660	-0.7
1992-93	6,279		5,584	10,498		9,335	5,802		5,160	9,701		8,626	-0.4
1993-94	6,489		5,767	10,575		9,399	5,994		5,327	9,767		8,681	0.6
1994-95	6,723		5,989	10,650		9,488	6,206		5,529	9,832		8,758	0.9
1995-96	6,959		6,147	10,733		9,480	6,441		5,689	9,934		8,774	0.2
1996-97	7,297		6,393	10,942		9,586	6,761		5,923	10,138		8,882	1.2
1997-98	7,701		6,676	11,344		9,834	7,139		6,189	10,518		9,118	2.7
1998-99	8,115		7,013	11,752		10,156	7,531		6,508	10,906		9,424	3.4
1999-2000	8,589		7,394	12,089		10,406	8,030		6,912	11,302		9,729	3.2
2000-01	9,180		7,904	12,492		10,756	8,572		7,380	11,665		10,043	3.2
2001-02	9,611		8,259	12,852		11,043	8,993		7,727	12,025		10,333	2.9
2002-03	9,950		8,610	13,019		11,265	9,296		8,044	12,164		10,525	1.9
2003-04	10,308		8,900	13,198		11,395	9,625		8,310	12,324		10,641	1.1
2004-05	10,779		9,316	13,398		11,580	10,078		8,711	12,528		10,828	1.8
2005-06	11,338		9,778	13,576		11,709	10,603		9,145	12,696		10,950	1.1
2006-07	12,015		10,336	14,024		12,064	11,252		9,679	13,133		11,298	3.2
2007-08	12,759		10,982	14,361		12,361	11,965		10,298	13,467		11,591	2.6
2008-09	13,033		11,239	14,467		12,475	12,222		10,540	13,567		11,699	0.9
2009-10	13,035		11,427	14,331		12,563	12,133		10,636	13,339		11,693	-0.1
2010-11	12,926		11,433	13,931		12,322	12,054		10,663	12,991		11,492	-1.7
2011-12	12,796		11,362	13,398		11,897	11,991		10,648	12,556		11,149	-3.0
2012-136	12,859		11,509	13,243		11,854	12,033		10,771	12,394		11,093	-0.5
2013-14	13,187		11,831	13,373		11,998	12,335		11,066	12,509		11,222	1.2

—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 2013-14. (This table was prepared July 2016.)