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Table 236.15. | Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1989-90 through 2027-28 |
School year | Current expenditures in unadjusted dollars1 | Current expenditures in constant 2016-17 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 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
1989-90 | $188.2 | $4,643 | $4,980 | $359.7 | 3.8 | $8,873 | 2.9 | $9,516 | 2.3 |
1990-91 | 202.0 | 4,902 | 5,258 | 366.1 | 1.8 | 8,882 | 0.1 | 9,527 | 0.1 |
1991-92 | 211.2 | 5,023 | 5,421 | 370.8 | 1.3 | 8,819 | -0.7 | 9,518 | -0.1 |
1992-93 | 220.9 | 5,160 | 5,584 | 376.2 | 1.4 | 8,784 | -0.4 | 9,506 | -0.1 |
1993-94 | 231.5 | 5,327 | 5,767 | 384.3 | 2.1 | 8,841 | 0.6 | 9,571 | 0.7 |
1994-95 | 243.9 | 5,529 | 5,989 | 393.5 | 2.4 | 8,919 | 0.9 | 9,662 | 0.9 |
1995-96. | 255.1 | 5,689 | 6,147 | 400.7 | 1.8 | 8,935 | 0.2 | 9,654 | -0.1 |
1996-97 | 270.2 | 5,923 | 6,393 | 412.6 | 3.0 | 9,045 | 1.2 | 9,762 | 1.1 |
1997-98 | 285.5 | 6,189 | 6,676 | 428.3 | 3.8 | 9,285 | 2.7 | 10,015 | 2.6 |
1998-99 | 302.9 | 6,508 | 7,013 | 446.7 | 4.3 | 9,598 | 3.4 | 10,343 | 3.3 |
1999-2000 | 323.9 | 6,912 | 7,394 | 464.2 | 3.9 | 9,908 | 3.2 | 10,598 | 2.5 |
2000-01. | 348.4 | 7,380 | 7,904 | 482.8 | 4.0 | 10,228 | 3.2 | 10,953 | 3.4 |
2001-02 | 368.4 | 7,727 | 8,259 | 501.6 | 3.9 | 10,523 | 2.9 | 11,246 | 2.7 |
2002-03 | 387.6 | 8,044 | 8,610 | 516.5 | 3.0 | 10,719 | 1.9 | 11,473 | 2.0 |
2003-04 | 403.4 | 8,310 | 8,900 | 526.0 | 1.8 | 10,836 | 1.1 | 11,605 | 1.2 |
2004-05 | 425.0 | 8,711 | 9,316 | 538.1 | 2.3 | 11,027 | 1.8 | 11,793 | 1.6 |
2005-06 | 449.1 | 9,145 | 9,778 | 547.7 | 1.8 | 11,151 | 1.1 | 11,924 | 1.1 |
2006-07 | 476.8 | 9,679 | 10,336 | 566.8 | 3.5 | 11,505 | 3.2 | 12,286 | 3.0 |
2007-08 | 506.9 | 10,298 | 10,982 | 581.0 | 2.5 | 11,804 | 2.6 | 12,588 | 2.5 |
2008-09 | 518.9 | 10,540 | 11,239 | 586.6 | 1.0 | 11,914 | 0.9 | 12,704 | 0.9 |
2009-10 | 524.7 | 10,636 | 11,427 | 587.5 | 0.1 | 11,908 | -0.1 | 12,794 | 0.7 |
2010-11 | 527.3 | 10,663 | 11,433 | 578.7 | -1.5 | 11,703 | -1.7 | 12,549 | -1.9 |
2011-12 | 527.2 | 10,648 | 11,362 | 562.2 | -2.9 | 11,354 | -3.0 | 12,116 | -3.5 |
2012-13 | 535.8 | 10,771 | 11,509 | 562.0 | # | 11,297 | -0.5 | 12,072 | -0.4 |
2013-14 | 553.5 | 11,066 | 11,819 | 571.6 | 1.7 | 11,429 | 1.2 | 12,206 | 1.1 |
2014-15 | 575.3 | 11,445 | 12,224 | 589.9 | 3.2 | 11,734 | 2.7 | 12,533 | 2.7 |
2015-163 | 598.5 | 11,870 | 12,690 | 609.5 | 3.3 | 12,080 | 3.0 | 12,930 | 3.1 |
2016-173 | 615.2 | 12,160 | 13,010 | 615.2 | 0.9 | 12,160 | 0.7 | 13,010 | 0.7 |
2017-183 | 632.6 | 12,490 | 13,360 | 621.3 | 1.0 | 12,270 | 0.9 | 13,120 | 0.9 |
2018-193 | 654.4 | 12,910 | 13,810 | 630.2 | 1.4 | 12,430 | 1.3 | 13,300 | 1.3 |
2019-203 | 680.9 | 13,400 | 14,340 | 640.3 | 1.6 | 12,600 | 1.4 | 13,480 | 1.4 |
2020-213 | 709.5 | 13,920 | 14,890 | 650.3 | 1.6 | 12,760 | 1.2 | 13,650 | 1.2 |
2021-223 | 738.4 | 14,440 | 15,440 | 661.3 | 1.7 | 12,930 | 1.3 | 13,830 | 1.3 |
2022-233 | 766.5 | 14,940 | 15,980 | 669.9 | 1.3 | 13,050 | 1.0 | 13,960 | 1.0 |
2023-243 | 795.2 | 15,440 | 16,520 | 678.1 | 1.2 | 13,170 | 0.9 | 14,090 | 0.9 |
2024-253 | 823.9 | 15,960 | 17,070 | 685.2 | 1.1 | 13,280 | 0.8 | 14,200 | 0.8 |
2025-263 | 853.2 | 16,500 | 17,650 | 692.3 | 1.0 | 13,390 | 0.8 | 14,320 | 0.8 |
2026-273 | 883.9 | 17,050 | 18,240 | 699.7 | 1.1 | 13,500 | 0.8 | 14,440 | 0.8 |
2027-283 | 908.9 | 17,460 | 18,670 | 706.1 | 0.9 | 13,560 | 0.5 | 14,510 | 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 2014-15; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2027; and Public Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditure Projection Model, 1973-74 through 2027-28. (This table was prepared May 2018.) |