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Table 236.15. | Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1989-90 through 2028-29 |
School year | Current expenditures in unadjusted dollars1 | Current expenditures in constant 2017-18 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 | $367.8 | 3.8 | $9,073 | 2.9 | $9,731 | 2.3 |
1990-91 | 202.0 | 4,902 | 5,258 | 374.3 | 1.8 | 9,082 | 0.1 | 9,742 | 0.1 |
1991-92 | 211.2 | 5,023 | 5,421 | 379.2 | 1.3 | 9,018 | -0.7 | 9,733 | -0.1 |
1992-93 | 220.9 | 5,160 | 5,584 | 384.7 | 1.4 | 8,982 | -0.4 | 9,721 | -0.1 |
1993-94 | 231.5 | 5,327 | 5,767 | 392.9 | 2.1 | 9,040 | 0.6 | 9,787 | 0.7 |
1994-95 | 243.9 | 5,529 | 5,989 | 402.3 | 2.4 | 9,121 | 0.9 | 9,880 | 0.9 |
1995-96. | 255.1 | 5,689 | 6,147 | 409.7 | 1.8 | 9,137 | 0.2 | 9,872 | -0.1 |
1996-97 | 270.2 | 5,923 | 6,393 | 421.9 | 3.0 | 9,249 | 1.2 | 9,982 | 1.1 |
1997-98 | 285.5 | 6,189 | 6,676 | 438.0 | 3.8 | 9,495 | 2.7 | 10,241 | 2.6 |
1998-99 | 302.9 | 6,508 | 7,013 | 456.7 | 4.3 | 9,814 | 3.4 | 10,576 | 3.3 |
1999-2000 | 323.9 | 6,912 | 7,394 | 474.7 | 3.9 | 10,131 | 3.2 | 10,837 | 2.5 |
2000-01 | 348.4 | 7,380 | 7,904 | 493.7 | 4.0 | 10,458 | 3.2 | 11,200 | 3.4 |
2001-02 | 368.4 | 7,727 | 8,259 | 513.0 | 3.9 | 10,760 | 2.9 | 11,500 | 2.7 |
2002-03 | 387.6 | 8,044 | 8,610 | 528.1 | 3.0 | 10,960 | 1.9 | 11,731 | 2.0 |
2003-04 | 403.4 | 8,310 | 8,900 | 537.9 | 1.8 | 11,081 | 1.1 | 11,867 | 1.2 |
2004-05 | 425.0 | 8,711 | 9,316 | 550.2 | 2.3 | 11,275 | 1.8 | 12,059 | 1.6 |
2005-06 | 449.1 | 9,145 | 9,778 | 560.0 | 1.8 | 11,403 | 1.1 | 12,193 | 1.1 |
2006-07 | 476.8 | 9,679 | 10,336 | 579.6 | 3.5 | 11,765 | 3.2 | 12,563 | 3.0 |
2007-08 | 506.9 | 10,298 | 10,982 | 594.1 | 2.5 | 12,070 | 2.6 | 12,871 | 2.5 |
2008-09 | 518.9 | 10,540 | 11,239 | 599.8 | 1.0 | 12,183 | 0.9 | 12,991 | 0.9 |
2009-10 | 524.7 | 10,636 | 11,427 | 600.7 | 0.1 | 12,177 | -0.1 | 13,082 | 0.7 |
2010-11 | 527.3 | 10,663 | 11,433 | 591.8 | -1.5 | 11,967 | -1.7 | 12,832 | -1.9 |
2011-12 | 527.2 | 10,648 | 11,362 | 574.8 | -2.9 | 11,610 | -3.0 | 12,389 | -3.5 |
2012-13 | 535.8 | 10,771 | 11,509 | 574.6 | # | 11,552 | -0.5 | 12,344 | -0.4 |
2013-14 | 553.5 | 11,066 | 11,819 | 584.5 | 1.7 | 11,686 | 1.2 | 12,481 | 1.1 |
2014-15 | 575.3 | 11,445 | 12,224 | 603.2 | 3.2 | 11,998 | 2.7 | 12,816 | 2.7 |
2015-16 | 596.1 | 11,841 | 12,617 | 620.8 | 2.9 | 12,330 | 2.8 | 13,139 | 2.5 |
2016-173 | 614.7 | 12,140 | 12,990 | 628.5 | 1.2 | 12,420 | 0.7 | 13,280 | 1.1 |
2017-183 | 638.4 | 12,590 | 13,470 | 638.4 | 1.6 | 12,590 | 1.4 | 13,470 | 1.4 |
2018-193 | 661.5 | 13,040 | 13,940 | 647.2 | 1.4 | 12,760 | 1.3 | 13,640 | 1.3 |
2019-203 | 680.1 | 13,440 | 14,370 | 650.2 | 0.5 | 12,850 | 0.7 | 13,740 | 0.7 |
2020-213 | 702.1 | 13,860 | 14,820 | 657.3 | 1.1 | 12,970 | 1.0 | 13,870 | 1.0 |
2021-223 | 725.3 | 14,300 | 15,300 | 663.5 | 0.9 | 13,090 | 0.9 | 13,990 | 0.9 |
2022-233 | 748.0 | 14,740 | 15,770 | 668.8 | 0.8 | 13,180 | 0.7 | 14,090 | 0.7 |
2023-243 | 770.5 | 15,180 | 16,230 | 673.1 | 0.6 | 13,260 | 0.6 | 14,180 | 0.6 |
2024-253 | 792.5 | 15,620 | 16,700 | 676.8 | 0.6 | 13,340 | 0.6 | 14,260 | 0.6 |
2025-263 | 815.1 | 16,080 | 17,200 | 681.3 | 0.7 | 13,440 | 0.8 | 14,380 | 0.8 |
2026-273 | 839.3 | 16,580 | 17,730 | 686.8 | 0.8 | 13,560 | 0.9 | 14,510 | 0.9 |
2027-283 | 867.4 | 17,110 | 18,300 | 694.4 | 1.1 | 13,700 | 1.0 | 14,650 | 1.0 |
2028-293 | 890.2 | 17,520 | 18,730 | 700.9 | 0.9 | 13,790 | 0.7 | 14,750 | 0.7 |
#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 2016-17; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2028; and Public Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditure Projection Model, 1973-74 through 2028-29. (This table was prepared April 2019.) |