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Table 236.15. | Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1989-90 through 2029-30 |
School year | Current expenditures in unadjusted dollars1 |
Current expenditures in constant 2018-19 dollars2 | |||||||
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Total current expenditures |
Per pupil in fall enrollment |
Per pupil in average daily attendance (ADA) |
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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 | $375.4 | 3.8 | $9,261 | 2.9 | $9,933 | 2.3 |
1990-91 | 202.0 | 4,902 | 5,258 | 382.1 | 1.8 | 9,271 | 0.1 | 9,944 | 0.1 |
1991-92 | 211.2 | 5,023 | 5,421 | 387.0 | 1.3 | 9,205 | -0.7 | 9,934 | -0.1 |
1992-93 | 220.9 | 5,160 | 5,584 | 392.6 | 1.4 | 9,169 | -0.4 | 9,922 | -0.1 |
1993-94 | 231.5 | 5,327 | 5,767 | 401.1 | 2.1 | 9,227 | 0.6 | 9,990 | 0.7 |
1994-95 |
243.9 | 5,529 | 5,989 | 410.7 | 2.4 | 9,310 | 0.9 | 10,085 | 0.9 |
1995-96 | 255.1 | 5,689 | 6,147 | 418.2 | 1.8 | 9,326 | 0.2 | 10,076 | -0.1 |
1996-97 | 270.2 | 5,923 | 6,393 | 430.6 | 3.0 | 9,441 | 1.2 | 10,189 | 1.1 |
1997-98 | 285.5 | 6,189 | 6,676 | 447.0 | 3.8 | 9,691 | 2.7 | 10,453 | 2.6 |
1998-99 | 302.9 | 6,508 | 7,013 | 466.2 | 4.3 | 10,017 | 3.4 | 10,795 | 3.3 |
1999-2000 |
323.9 | 6,912 | 7,394 | 484.6 | 3.9 | 10,341 | 3.2 | 11,061 | 2.5 |
2000-01 | 348.4 | 7,380 | 7,904 | 503.9 | 4.0 | 10,675 | 3.2 | 11,433 | 3.4 |
2001-02 | 368.4 | 7,727 | 8,259 | 523.6 | 3.9 | 10,983 | 2.9 | 11,738 | 2.7 |
2002-03 | 387.6 | 8,044 | 8,610 | 539.0 | 3.0 | 11,188 | 1.9 | 11,974 | 2.0 |
2003-04 | 403.4 | 8,310 | 8,900 | 549.0 | 1.8 | 11,310 | 1.1 | 12,112 | 1.2 |
2004-05 |
425.0 | 8,711 | 9,316 | 561.6 | 2.3 | 11,509 | 1.8 | 12,309 | 1.6 |
2005-06 | 449.1 | 9,145 | 9,778 | 571.6 | 1.8 | 11,639 | 1.1 | 12,445 | 1.1 |
2006-07 | 476.8 | 9,679 | 10,336 | 591.6 | 3.5 | 12,009 | 3.2 | 12,823 | 3.0 |
2007-08 | 506.9 | 10,298 | 10,982 | 606.4 | 2.5 | 12,320 | 2.6 | 13,138 | 2.5 |
2008-09 | 518.9 | 10,540 | 11,239 | 612.3 | 1.0 | 12,435 | 0.9 | 13,260 | 0.9 |
2009-10 |
524.7 | 10,636 | 11,427 | 613.2 | 0.1 | 12,429 | -0.1 | 13,353 | 0.7 |
2010-11 | 527.3 | 10,663 | 11,433 | 604.0 | -1.5 | 12,215 | -1.7 | 13,098 | -1.9 |
2011-12 | 527.2 | 10,648 | 11,362 | 586.8 | -2.9 | 11,850 | -3.0 | 12,645 | -3.5 |
2012-13 | 535.8 | 10,771 | 11,509 | 586.6 | # | 11,791 | -0.5 | 12,599 | -0.4 |
2013-14 | 553.5 | 11,066 | 11,819 | 596.6 | 1.7 | 11,928 | 1.2 | 12,740 | 1.1 |
2014-15 |
575.3 | 11,445 | 12,224 | 615.7 | 3.2 | 12,247 | 2.7 | 13,081 | 2.7 |
2015-16 | 596.2 | 11,842 | 12,619 | 633.7 | 2.9 | 12,587 | 2.8 | 13,413 | 2.5 |
2016-17 | 619.2 | 12,258 | 13,094 | 646.2 | 2.0 | 12,794 | 1.6 | 13,667 | 1.9 |
2017-183 | 643.8 | 12,700 | 13,590 | 657.1 | 1.7 | 12,970 | 1.4 | 13,870 | 1.5 |
2018-193 | 669.6 | 13,220 | 14,140 | 669.6 | 1.9 | 13,220 | 1.9 | 14,140 | 1.9 |
2019-203 |
691.8 | 13,660 | 14,610 | 678.4 | 1.3 | 13,400 | 1.3 | 14,330 | 1.3 |
2020-213 | 709.2 | 14,000 | 14,980 | 684.1 | 0.8 | 13,500 | 0.8 | 14,450 | 0.8 |
2021-223 | 731.5 | 14,440 | 15,450 | 690.1 | 0.9 | 13,630 | 0.9 | 14,570 | 0.9 |
2022-233 | 757.1 | 14,930 | 15,970 | 696.9 | 1.0 | 13,740 | 0.8 | 14,700 | 0.8 |
2023-243 | 783.4 | 15,430 | 16,500 | 703.6 | 1.0 | 13,860 | 0.9 | 14,820 | 0.9 |
2024-253 |
810.9 | 15,980 | 17,090 | 711.2 | 1.1 | 14,010 | 1.1 | 14,990 | 1.1 |
2025-263 | 838.8 | 16,540 | 17,690 | 718.5 | 1.0 | 14,170 | 1.1 | 15,160 | 1.1 |
2026-273 | 867.2 | 17,110 | 18,310 | 725.7 | 1.0 | 14,320 | 1.1 | 15,320 | 1.1 |
2027-283 | 898.4 | 17,710 | 18,940 | 734.8 | 1.3 | 14,480 | 1.1 | 15,490 | 1.1 |
2028-293 | 932.7 | 18,330 | 19,610 | 746.0 | 1.5 | 14,660 | 1.2 | 15,680 | 1.2 |
2029-303 | 959.0 | 18,780 | 20,090 | 754.6 | 1.2 | 14,780 | 0.8 | 15,810 | 0.8 |
#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 2029; and Public Elementary and Secondary Education Current Expenditure Projection Model, 1973-74 through 2029-30. (This table was prepared December 2019.) |