NOTE: Current expenditures include instruction, support services, food services, and enterprise operations. Beginning in 1988–89, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. As a result, data collected from 1988–89 onward may not be comparable to earlier data. 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 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 2016–17. |
