Table 236.70.

Current expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2015-16

State or jurisdiction	Unadjusted dollars1															Constant 2017-18 dollars2
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
United States	$816	$2,272	$4,980	$7,394	$9,778	$10,336	$10,982	$11,239	$11,427	$11,433	$11,362	$11,509	$11,819	$12,224	$12,617	$5,360	$7,261	$9,731	$10,837	$12,193	$12,563	$12,871	$12,991	$13,082	$12,832	$12,389	$12,344	$12,481	$12,816	$13,139
Alabama	544	1,612	3,327	5,758	7,980	8,743	9,345	9,385	9,554	9,296	8,927	9,486	9,543	9,690	9,870	3,573	5,152	6,502	8,440	9,950	10,627	10,952	10,848	10,937	10,433	9,734	10,174	10,078	10,159	10,278
Alaska	1,123	4,728	8,431	9,668	12,537	13,508	16,002	16,822	17,350	18,352	19,134	19,982	20,254	22,161	19,242	7,374	15,110	16,476	14,170	15,633	16,419	18,755	19,444	19,863	20,596	20,863	21,431	21,389	23,233	20,037
Arizona	720	1,971	4,053	5,478	7,637	8,038	8,630	8,732	8,756	8,646	8,224	8,388	8,278	8,426	8,572	4,730	6,299	7,921	8,029	9,523	9,769	10,115	10,094	10,024	9,703	8,967	8,996	8,742	8,834	8,926
Arkansas	568	1,574	3,485	5,628	8,748	9,152	9,460	9,651	10,237	10,332	10,397	9,853	10,622	10,756	10,837	3,728	5,032	6,810	8,249	10,909	11,124	11,088	11,155	11,719	11,595	11,336	10,567	11,217	11,277	11,285
California	867	2,268	4,391	6,401	8,416	9,029	9,673	9,439	9,680	9,540	9,608	9,686	10,094	10,924	11,937	5,696	7,248	8,580	9,381	10,494	10,975	11,337	10,910	11,082	10,707	10,476	10,388	10,659	11,452	12,431
Colorado	738	2,421	4,720	6,702	8,938	9,110	9,977	9,611	9,747	9,709	9,415	9,572	9,924	10,349	10,619	4,847	7,737	9,224	9,822	11,145	11,073	11,694	11,109	11,159	10,897	10,266	10,266	10,480	10,850	11,058
Connecticut	951	2,420	7,837	10,122	13,461	14,143	15,063	15,840	16,133	16,932	17,472	17,859	19,029	19,731	20,380	6,248	7,735	15,314	14,835	16,785	17,191	17,655	18,309	18,469	19,002	19,051	19,154	20,095	20,686	21,222
Delaware	900	2,861	5,799	8,809	12,330	12,612	12,789	12,753	12,928	13,228	14,253	14,129	14,203	14,556	15,150	5,912	9,144	11,332	12,911	15,375	15,330	14,990	14,741	14,801	14,846	15,540	15,154	14,999	15,260	15,777
District of Columbia	1,018	3,259	8,955	11,935	17,877	18,285	20,807	19,766	21,283	21,304	20,399	20,333	21,629	21,362	22,260	6,689	10,416	17,499	17,493	22,291	22,225	24,386	22,847	24,366	23,909	22,242	21,808	22,840	22,395	23,180
Florida	732	1,889	4,997	6,383	8,376	9,055	9,711	9,452	9,363	9,394	8,825	8,925	9,189	9,295	9,337	4,810	6,038	9,765	9,355	10,445	11,007	11,382	10,926	10,719	10,543	9,623	9,572	9,704	9,745	9,724
Georgia	588	1,625	4,275	6,903	9,164	9,615	10,263	10,178	9,855	9,577	9,492	9,437	9,529	9,809	10,185	3,862	5,194	8,353	10,118	11,426	11,686	12,029	11,765	11,282	10,748	10,349	10,121	10,063	10,283	10,606
Hawaii	841	2,322	4,448	7,090	10,747	12,364	12,774	13,397	12,887	12,603	12,735	12,585	13,219	13,849	14,728	5,521	7,421	8,693	10,392	13,400	15,028	14,972	15,485	14,753	14,144	13,886	13,497	13,959	14,518	15,337
Idaho	603	1,659	3,078	5,644	6,861	7,074	7,402	7,567	7,481	7,155	7,041	7,273	7,215	7,409	7,607	3,962	5,303	6,014	8,272	8,556	8,598	8,676	8,747	8,565	8,030	7,678	7,800	7,619	7,767	7,921
Illinois	909	2,587	5,118	8,084	10,282	10,816	11,624	12,489	13,083	13,180	13,459	13,808	14,682	15,473	15,909	5,974	8,267	10,001	11,848	12,821	13,147	13,624	14,436	14,978	14,792	14,675	14,809	15,504	16,221	16,567
Indiana	728	1,882	4,606	7,652	9,558	9,727	9,569	9,946	10,160	9,924	10,220	10,037	10,078	10,202	10,379	4,782	6,017	9,001	11,215	11,918	11,823	11,215	11,497	11,632	11,138	11,144	10,765	10,643	10,695	10,809
Iowa	844	2,326	4,453	6,925	8,460	8,789	9,128	10,482	10,524	10,565	10,748	10,915	11,359	11,698	11,846	5,545	7,436	8,701	10,150	10,548	10,682	10,698	12,116	12,048	11,857	11,719	11,706	11,995	12,264	12,336
Kansas	771	2,173	4,752	6,962	9,905	10,280	11,065	11,485	10,859	10,700	10,712	10,789	11,180	11,106	10,815	5,064	6,945	9,285	10,204	12,351	12,495	12,969	13,276	12,432	12,008	11,680	11,571	11,806	11,643	11,262
Kentucky	545	1,701	3,745	6,784	8,975	9,303	9,940	10,054	10,376	10,469	10,700	10,269	10,248	10,659	10,912	3,581	5,437	7,319	9,943	11,190	11,308	11,650	11,621	11,879	11,749	11,667	11,014	10,822	11,174	11,363
Louisiana	648	1,792	3,903	6,256	8,568	9,650	10,797	11,410	11,492	11,500	11,352	11,118	11,415	11,697	11,775	4,256	5,728	7,628	9,169	10,684	11,730	12,654	13,189	13,156	12,907	12,377	11,924	12,055	12,263	12,262
Maine	692	1,824	5,373	8,247	11,760	12,628	13,177	13,558	14,090	14,406	14,000	14,347	14,926	15,839	16,060	4,549	5,828	10,499	12,087	14,664	15,349	15,444	15,672	16,130	16,167	15,265	15,387	15,762	16,605	16,725
Maryland	918	2,598	6,275	8,273	11,719	12,836	14,122	14,612	14,937	14,876	14,746	15,010	15,109	15,403	15,478	6,032	8,303	12,263	12,126	14,612	15,601	16,552	16,890	17,101	16,695	16,078	16,099	15,955	16,148	16,118
Massachusetts	859	2,819	6,237	9,375	12,629	13,263	14,373	15,249	14,632	15,334	15,607	16,111	16,646	17,311	18,026	5,643	9,011	12,188	13,741	15,747	16,121	16,846	17,626	16,752	17,209	17,017	17,279	17,579	18,148	18,772
Michigan	904	2,640	5,546	8,886	10,598	10,932	11,155	11,493	11,661	11,560	11,462	11,495	11,678	12,048	12,243	5,937	8,439	10,838	13,024	13,215	13,288	13,074	13,285	13,350	12,974	12,497	12,328	12,332	12,631	12,750
Minnesota	904	2,387	4,971	7,499	9,761	10,185	10,663	11,602	11,366	11,368	11,424	11,754	12,140	12,707	13,169	5,935	7,629	9,713	10,991	12,171	12,379	12,498	13,411	13,012	12,758	12,456	12,607	12,820	13,321	13,713
Mississippi	501	1,664	3,094	5,356	7,699	7,988	8,448	8,610	8,670	8,436	8,623	8,685	8,926	9,129	9,380	3,290	5,318	6,045	7,849	9,600	9,709	9,901	9,952	9,925	9,467	9,402	9,315	9,426	9,571	9,768
Missouri	709	1,936	4,507	6,764	8,834	9,266	10,007	10,341	10,468	10,348	10,370	10,555	10,764	11,079	11,233	4,654	6,189	8,807	9,914	11,016	11,262	11,728	11,954	11,984	11,613	11,306	11,320	11,367	11,615	11,698
Montana	782	2,476	4,736	6,990	9,653	10,244	10,541	10,881	11,463	11,599	11,290	11,493	11,840	11,999	12,379	5,135	7,915	9,256	10,245	12,036	12,451	12,354	12,577	13,123	13,017	12,310	12,326	12,503	12,579	12,891
Nebraska	736	2,150	4,842	7,360	10,170	10,711	11,217	11,457	11,920	12,324	12,114	12,374	12,502	12,825	13,700	4,837	6,872	9,461	10,787	12,681	13,019	13,147	13,243	13,647	13,831	13,208	13,271	13,203	13,445	14,267
Nevada	769	2,088	4,117	6,148	7,720	8,372	8,891	8,865	8,869	9,035	8,677	8,525	8,734	8,939	9,233	5,054	6,674	8,046	9,011	9,626	10,176	10,420	10,247	10,154	10,140	9,461	9,143	9,223	9,371	9,615
New Hampshire	723	1,916	5,304	7,082	10,698	11,347	12,280	12,912	13,424	13,964	14,215	14,463	15,013	15,380	15,934	4,749	6,123	10,365	10,381	13,340	13,792	14,393	14,925	15,368	15,671	15,499	15,512	15,854	16,124	16,593
New Jersey	1,016	3,191	8,139	10,903	15,362	16,650	18,174	17,466	18,060	17,654	18,197	19,020	19,282	19,296	20,055	6,675	10,200	15,905	15,979	19,155	20,237	21,301	20,189	20,675	19,813	19,842	20,399	20,362	20,229	20,884
New Mexico	707	2,034	3,515	5,835	8,426	8,876	9,377	9,727	9,716	9,356	9,069	9,230	9,546	9,891	9,954	4,644	6,500	6,868	8,552	10,506	10,788	10,990	11,244	11,123	10,500	9,888	9,900	10,081	10,369	10,366
New York	1,327	3,462	8,062	10,957	16,095	17,182	18,423	19,373	19,965	20,517	20,881	21,172	22,048	22,771	23,678	8,715	11,066	15,753	16,059	20,069	20,884	21,593	22,393	22,857	23,026	22,768	22,707	23,283	23,873	24,657
North Carolina	612	1,754	4,290	6,505	7,940	8,373	8,415	9,167	8,930	8,943	8,828	9,041	8,948	9,245	9,347	4,022	5,607	8,384	9,534	9,901	10,178	9,863	10,597	10,224	10,037	9,626	9,697	9,449	9,693	9,734
North Dakota	690	1,920	4,189	6,078	9,239	9,203	9,637	10,113	10,976	11,356	11,643	12,090	12,952	13,552	14,002	4,530	6,137	8,186	8,908	11,520	11,186	11,295	11,690	12,566	12,745	12,695	12,967	13,677	14,207	14,581
Ohio	730	2,075	5,045	7,816	10,306	10,792	11,374	11,905	12,307	12,484	12,271	12,284	12,447	12,285	12,488	4,795	6,631	9,858	11,456	12,850	13,117	13,331	13,761	14,089	14,011	13,380	13,175	13,144	12,879	13,004
Oklahoma	604	1,926	3,508	5,770	7,449	7,968	8,270	8,423	8,511	8,165	8,281	8,450	8,526	8,633	8,624	3,970	6,157	6,855	8,456	9,288	9,685	9,693	9,736	9,744	9,164	9,030	9,063	9,003	9,051	8,981
Oregon	925	2,692	5,474	8,129	9,294	9,762	10,487	10,673	10,476	10,497	10,386	10,370	10,739	11,356	11,856	6,074	8,604	10,697	11,914	11,589	11,865	12,292	12,337	11,993	11,781	11,324	11,122	11,341	11,905	12,346
Pennsylvania	882	2,535	6,228	8,380	11,530	11,995	12,493	12,989	13,678	14,072	13,973	14,378	14,789	15,405	15,997	5,792	8,101	12,170	12,283	14,377	14,580	14,642	15,014	15,660	15,793	15,236	15,421	15,617	16,150	16,659
Rhode Island	891	2,601	6,368	9,646	13,917	14,674	15,843	16,211	16,243	16,346	16,498	16,187	16,702	17,151	17,332	5,854	8,313	12,443	14,138	17,353	17,836	18,569	18,739	18,596	18,345	17,988	17,361	17,637	17,981	18,048
South Carolina	613	1,752	4,082	6,545	8,795	9,226	9,823	10,007	9,887	9,735	9,823	10,200	10,408	10,670	10,829	4,023	5,600	7,976	9,593	10,967	11,215	11,513	11,567	11,319	10,926	10,710	10,940	10,991	11,186	11,276
South Dakota	690	1,908	3,731	6,037	8,273	8,506	9,047	9,457	9,683	9,431	9,095	9,138	9,539	9,637	9,897	4,531	6,097	7,291	8,848	10,316	10,339	10,603	10,931	11,085	10,584	9,917	9,800	10,073	10,103	10,306
Tennessee	566	1,635	3,664	5,837	7,580	7,843	8,459	8,676	8,810	9,146	9,235	9,370	9,431	9,549	9,719	3,718	5,227	7,159	8,555	9,452	9,533	9,914	10,029	10,086	10,264	10,069	10,049	9,959	10,011	10,121
Texas	624	1,916	4,150	6,771	8,085	8,484	9,029	9,260	9,528	9,418	8,862	8,951	9,273	9,789	10,067	4,100	6,123	8,110	9,925	10,082	10,312	10,583	10,704	10,908	10,570	9,663	9,600	9,792	10,262	10,483
Utah	626	1,657	2,764	4,692	5,809	6,116	6,841	7,081	6,877	6,851	6,787	7,023	7,156	7,375	7,659	4,113	5,295	5,401	6,878	7,244	7,434	8,018	8,185	7,873	7,689	7,401	7,532	7,557	7,732	7,976
Vermont	807	1,997	6,227	8,799	13,377	14,219	15,089	16,073	16,586	16,661	17,575	18,372	19,032	19,793	20,196	5,302	6,383	12,168	12,897	16,679	17,283	17,685	18,579	18,988	18,698	19,163	19,704	20,098	20,751	21,032
Virginia	708	1,970	4,672	6,491	10,046	10,913	11,410	11,696	11,383	11,123	11,385	11,748	11,716	11,810	12,022	4,649	6,296	9,129	9,514	12,527	13,264	13,374	13,520	13,031	12,483	12,414	12,600	12,373	12,382	12,519
Washington	915	2,568	4,702	6,914	8,702	9,233	9,846	10,423	10,242	10,402	10,413	10,553	11,199	11,648	12,533	6,012	8,208	9,189	10,133	10,851	11,223	11,540	12,048	11,725	11,675	11,354	11,318	11,826	12,211	13,051
West Virginia	670	1,920	4,360	7,637	9,756	10,080	10,605	11,122	12,378	12,505	11,982	11,665	11,800	12,414	12,299	4,401	6,138	8,521	11,193	12,165	12,253	12,429	12,856	14,171	14,034	13,064	12,511	12,461	13,014	12,808
Wisconsin	883	2,477	5,524	8,299	10,484	10,813	11,370	11,773	12,194	12,515	11,750	11,768	11,963	12,227	12,312	5,798	7,916	10,794	12,163	13,072	13,143	13,326	13,609	13,961	14,046	12,812	12,621	12,633	12,818	12,821
Wyoming	856	2,527	5,577	7,944	12,415	14,219	14,936	15,658	16,535	17,126	17,228	17,135	17,165	17,445	17,796	5,622	8,076	10,899	11,643	15,480	17,283	17,506	18,099	18,930	19,221	18,785	18,377	18,127	18,289	18,532
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	—	1,908	2,807	3,842	3,909	4,309	4,468	4,881	4,877	5,154	4,870	5,504	5,120	5,235	—	—	3,728	4,114	4,791	4,751	5,050	5,164	5,588	5,473	5,620	5,223	5,812	5,368	5,452
Guam	820	—	4,234	—	7,095	7,450	8,084	8,264	8,393	9,280	10,112	9,431	9,914	10,120	10,335	5,384	—	8,275	—	8,846	9,055	9,475	9,553	9,609	10,415	11,026	10,115	10,470	10,610	10,762
Northern Marianas	—	—	3,007	5,720	5,307	5,356	5,162	6,397	6,284	8,495	7,068	6,381	6,548	6,921	8,127	—	—	5,877	8,384	6,618	6,511	6,050	7,394	7,194	9,534	7,706	6,844	6,915	7,256	8,463
Puerto Rico	—	—	1,750	3,859	5,897	6,152	6,937	7,329	7,426	8,560	7,798	8,701	8,822	8,025	8,124	—	—	3,419	5,656	7,354	7,477	8,131	8,472	8,501	9,607	8,502	9,332	9,316	8,414	8,460
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	6,767	7,238	9,637	10,548	12,358	12,768	14,215	13,014	11,669	10,661	14,372	14,849	15,087	—	—	13,224	10,608	12,016	12,821	14,485	14,759	16,274	14,606	12,723	11,433	15,177	15,568	15,711

—Not available.

1 Unadjusted (or “current”) dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.

2 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. The CPI does not account for differences in inflation rates from state to state.

NOTE: Current expenditures include instruction, support services, food services, and enterprise operations. Expenditures for state administration are excluded in all years except 1969-70 and 1979-80. Beginning in 1989-90, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. There are discrepancies in average daily attendance reporting practices from state to state.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2015-16. (This table was prepared September 2018.)