Table 236.55.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2015-16

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment1
	Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2017-18 dollars3			Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2017-18 dollars3
	Total expendi- ture4		Current expenditure	Total expendi- ture4		Current expenditure	Total expendi- ture4		Current expenditure	Total expendi- ture4		Current expenditure	Annual percent change in current expenditure
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10
1919-20	$64		$53	$833		$694	$48		$40	$623		$520	—
1929-30	108		87	1,573		1,257	90		72	1,302		1,041	—
1931-32	97		81	1,667		1,395	82		69	1,411		1,181	—
1933-34	76		67	1,428		1,264	65		57	1,213		1,074	—
1935-36	88		74	1,588		1,342	74		63	1,343		1,135	—
1937-38	100		84	1,727		1,453	86		72	1,482		1,247	—
1939-40	106		88	1,877		1,564	92		76	1,627		1,356	—
1941-42	110		98	1,751		1,565	94		84	1,499		1,340	—
1943-44	125		117	1,775		1,666	105		99	1,496		1,404	—
1945-46	146		136	1,984		1,855	124		116	1,690		1,581	—
1947-48	205		181	2,182		1,933	179		158	1,905		1,688	—
1949-50	260		210	2,728		2,204	231		187	2,421		1,956	—
1951-52	314		246	2,969		2,323	275		215	2,599		2,034	—
1953-54	351		265	3,238		2,443	312		236	2,880		2,173	—
1955-56	387		294	3,572		2,716	354		269	3,265		2,482	—
1957-58	447		341	3,888		2,964	408		311	3,546		2,703	—
1959-60	471		375	3,978		3,168	440		350	3,716		2,959	—
1961-62	517		419	4,269		3,459	485		393	4,006		3,245	—
1963-64	559		460	4,495		3,703	520		428	4,184		3,447	—
1965-66	654		538	5,084		4,181	607		499	4,720		3,882	—
1967-68	786		658	5,738		4,803	732		612	5,338		4,468	—
1969-70	955		816	6,273		5,360	879		751	5,775		4,934	—
1970-71	1,049		911	6,555		5,691	970		842	6,060		5,261	6.6
1971-72	1,128		990	6,800		5,968	1,034		908	6,237		5,473	4.0
1972-73	1,211		1,077	7,017		6,242	1,117		993	6,473		5,758	5.2
1973-74	1,364		1,207	7,258		6,424	1,244		1,101	6,618		5,858	1.7
1974-75	1,545		1,365	7,401		6,537	1,423		1,257	6,818		6,022	2.8
1975-76	1,697		1,504	7,594		6,727	1,563		1,385	6,992		6,195	2.9
1976-77	1,816		1,638	7,678		6,923	1,674		1,509	7,076		6,379	3.0
1977-78	2,002		1,823	7,933		7,221	1,842		1,677	7,296		6,642	4.1
1978-79	2,210		2,020	8,005		7,319	2,029		1,855	7,351		6,721	1.2
1979-80	2,491		2,272	7,960		7,261	2,290		2,088	7,318		6,675	-0.7
1980-81	2,742	5	2,502	7,855	5	7,166	2,529	5	2,307	7,245	5	6,609	-1.0
1981-82	2,973	5	2,726	7,840	5	7,187	2,754	5	2,525	7,262	5	6,657	0.7
1982-83	3,203	5	2,955	8,098	5	7,471	2,966	5	2,736	7,499	5	6,918	3.9
1983-84	3,471	5	3,173	8,462	5	7,736	3,216	5	2,940	7,839	5	7,167	3.6
1984-85	3,722	5	3,470	8,731	5	8,141	3,456	5	3,222	8,107	5	7,559	5.5
1985-86	4,020	5	3,756	9,166	5	8,563	3,724	5	3,479	8,492	5	7,934	5.0
1986-87	4,308	5	3,970	9,610	5	8,857	3,995	5	3,682	8,911	5	8,213	3.5
1987-88	4,654	5	4,240	9,969	5	9,082	4,310	5	3,927	9,232	5	8,411	2.4
1988-89	5,108		4,645	10,458		9,509	4,737		4,307	9,698		8,818	4.8
1989-90	5,547		4,980	10,840		9,731	5,172		4,643	10,106		9,073	2.9
1990-91	5,882		5,258	10,898		9,742	5,484		4,902	10,160		9,082	0.1
1991-92	6,072		5,421	10,901		9,733	5,626		5,023	10,101		9,018	-0.7
1992-93	6,279		5,584	10,932		9,721	5,802		5,160	10,102		8,982	-0.4
1993-94	6,489		5,767	11,012		9,787	5,994		5,327	10,171		9,040	0.6
1994-95	6,723		5,989	11,091		9,880	6,206		5,529	10,238		9,121	0.9
1995-96.	6,959		6,147	11,177		9,872	6,441		5,689	10,344		9,137	0.2
1996-97	7,297		6,393	11,394		9,982	6,761		5,923	10,558		9,249	1.2
1997-98	7,701		6,676	11,813		10,241	7,139		6,189	10,952		9,495	2.7
1998-99	8,115		7,013	12,238		10,576	7,531		6,508	11,357		9,814	3.4
1999-2000	8,589		7,394	12,589		10,837	8,030		6,912	11,769		10,131	3.2
2000-01.	9,180		7,904	13,009		11,200	8,572		7,380	12,147		10,458	3.2
2001-02	9,611		8,259	13,383		11,500	8,993		7,727	12,522		10,760	2.9
2002-03	9,950		8,610	13,557		11,731	9,296		8,044	12,666		10,960	1.9
2003-04	10,308		8,900	13,744		11,867	9,625		8,310	12,834		11,081	1.1
2004-05	10,779		9,316	13,952		12,059	10,078		8,711	13,045		11,275	1.8
2005-06	11,338		9,778	14,137		12,193	10,603		9,145	13,221		11,403	1.1
2006-07	12,015		10,336	14,604		12,563	11,252		9,679	13,676		11,765	3.2
2007-08	12,759		10,982	14,954		12,871	11,965		10,298	14,023		12,070	2.6
2008-09	13,033		11,239	15,065		12,991	12,222		10,540	14,128		12,183	0.9
2009-10	13,035		11,427	14,923		13,082	12,133		10,636	13,890		12,177	-0.1
2010-11	12,926		11,433	14,506		12,832	12,054		10,663	13,528		11,967	-1.7
2011-12	12,796		11,362	13,952		12,389	11,991		10,648	13,075		11,610	-3.0
2012-13	12,859		11,509	13,791		12,344	12,033		10,771	12,906		11,552	-0.5
2013-14	13,174		11,819	13,912		12,481	12,335		11,066	13,026		11,686	1.2
2014-15	13,668		12,224	14,329		12,816	12,796		11,445	13,415		11,998	2.7
2015-16	14,170		12,617	14,756		13,139	13,298		11,841	13,847		12,330	2.8

—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.

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 2015-16. (This table was prepared September 2018.)