Table 236.55.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2017-18

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment1
	Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2019-20 dollars3			Unadjusted dollars2			Constant 2019-20 dollars3
	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Total expendi- ture4		Current expendi- ture	Annual percent change in current expenditure
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10
1919-20	$64		$53	$863		$720	$48		$40	$646		$539	---
1929-30	108		87	1,630		1,303	90		72	1,350		1,079	---
1931-32	97		81	1,728		1,447	82		69	1,463		1,225	---
1933-34	76		67	1,481		1,311	65		57	1,258		1,114	---
1935-36	88		74	1,646		1,391	74		63	1,392		1,176	---
1937-38	100		84	1,790		1,506	86		72	1,537		1,293	---
1939-40	106		88	1,946		1,622	92		76	1,687		1,405	---
1941-42	110		98	1,815		1,622	94		84	1,554		1,389	---
1943-44	125		117	1,840		1,727	105		99	1,551		1,455	---
1945-46	146		136	2,057		1,923	124		116	1,752		1,639	---
1947-48	205		181	2,262		2,003	179		158	1,975		1,750	---
1949-50	260		210	2,828		2,285	231		187	2,510		2,027	---
1951-52	314		246	3,078		2,408	275		215	2,695		2,108	---
1953-54	351		265	3,357		2,533	312		236	2,985		2,253	---
1955-56	387		294	3,703		2,815	354		269	3,385		2,573	---
1957-58	447		341	4,030		3,073	408		311	3,676		2,802	---
1959-60	471		375	4,124		3,284	440		350	3,852		3,068	---
1961-62	517		419	4,426		3,586	485		393	4,153		3,365	---
1963-64	559		460	4,660		3,839	520		428	4,337		3,573	---
1965-66	654		538	5,271		4,335	607		499	4,893		4,024	---
1967-68	786		658	5,949		4,979	732		612	5,534		4,632	---
1969-70	955		816	6,503		5,556	879		751	5,987		5,115	---
1970-71	1,049		911	6,796		5,900	970		842	6,282		5,454	6.6
1971-72	1,128		990	7,050		6,186	1,034		908	6,466		5,674	4.0
1972-73	1,211		1,077	7,274		6,471	1,117		993	6,710		5,969	5.2
1973-74	1,364		1,207	7,525		6,660	1,244		1,101	6,861		6,073	1.7
1974-75	1,545		1,365	7,672		6,777	1,423		1,257	7,068		6,243	2.8
1975-76	1,697		1,504	7,873		6,974	1,563		1,385	7,249		6,422	2.9
1976-77	1,816		1,638	7,960		7,177	1,674		1,509	7,335		6,613	3.0
1977-78	2,002		1,823	8,224		7,486	1,842		1,677	7,564		6,885	4.1
1978-79	2,210		2,020	8,299		7,587	2,029		1,855	7,621		6,968	1.2
1979-80	2,491		2,272	8,253		7,527	2,290		2,088	7,586		6,920	-0.7
1980-81	2,742	5	2,502	8,143	5	7,429	2,529	5	2,307	7,511	5	6,852	-1.0
1981-82	2,973	5	2,726	8,127	5	7,450	2,754	5	2,525	7,529	5	6,902	0.7
1982-83	3,203	5	2,955	8,395	5	7,745	2,966	5	2,736	7,774	5	7,172	3.9
1983-84	3,471	5	3,173	8,773	5	8,020	3,216	5	2,940	8,127	5	7,429	3.6
1984-85	3,722	5	3,470	9,052	5	8,440	3,456	5	3,222	8,404	5	7,837	5.5
1985-86	4,020	5	3,756	9,502	5	8,878	3,724	5	3,479	8,804	5	8,225	5.0
1986-87	4,308	5	3,970	9,962	5	9,182	3,995	5	3,682	9,238	5	8,514	3.5
1987-88	4,654	5	4,240	10,334	5	9,415	4,310	5	3,927	9,570	5	8,719	2.4
1988-89	5,108		4,645	10,841		9,858	4,737		4,307	10,053		9,142	4.8
1989-90	5,547		4,980	11,237		10,088	5,172		4,643	10,477		9,405	2.9
1990-91	5,882		5,258	11,298		10,099	5,484		4,902	10,533		9,416	0.1
1991-92	6,072		5,421	11,301		10,090	5,626		5,023	10,472		9,349	-0.7
1992-93	6,279		5,584	11,333		10,077	5,802		5,160	10,472		9,312	-0.4
1993-94	6,489		5,767	11,416		10,146	5,994		5,327	10,544		9,372	0.6
1994-95	6,723		5,989	11,498		10,243	6,206		5,529	10,614		9,455	0.9
1995-96	6,959		6,147	11,587		10,234	6,441		5,689	10,724		9,472	0.2
1996-97	7,297		6,393	11,812		10,348	6,761		5,923	10,945		9,588	1.2
1997-98	7,701		6,676	12,247		10,617	7,139		6,189	11,354		9,843	2.7
1998-99	8,115		7,013	12,687		10,964	7,531		6,508	11,773		10,174	3.4
1999-2000	8,589		7,394	13,050		11,234	8,030		6,912	12,201		10,503	3.2
2000-01	9,180		7,904	13,486		11,611	8,572		7,380	12,593		10,842	3.2
2001-02	9,611		8,259	13,874		11,922	8,993		7,727	12,982		11,155	2.9
2002-03	9,950		8,610	14,055		12,162	9,296		8,044	13,131		11,363	1.9
2003-04	10,308		8,900	14,248		12,302	9,625		8,310	13,304		11,487	1.1
2004-05	10,779		9,316	14,464		12,501	10,078		8,711	13,524		11,689	1.8
2005-06	11,338		9,778	14,656		12,640	10,603		9,145	13,706		11,821	1.1
2006-07	12,015		10,336	15,140		13,024	11,252		9,679	14,178		12,196	3.2
2007-08	12,759		10,982	15,503		13,344	11,965		10,298	14,538		12,513	2.6
2008-09	13,033		11,239	15,618		13,467	12,222		10,540	14,646		12,630	0.9
2009-10	13,035		11,427	15,471		13,562	12,133		10,636	14,400		12,623	-0.1
2010-11	12,926		11,433	15,039		13,302	12,054		10,663	14,025		12,406	-1.7
2011-12	12,796		11,362	14,464		12,843	11,991		10,648	13,554		12,036	-3.0
2012-13	12,859		11,509	14,297		12,797	12,033		10,771	13,379		11,975	-0.5
2013-14	13,174		11,819	14,423		12,939	12,335		11,066	13,504		12,115	1.2
2014-15	13,668		12,224	14,855		13,286	12,796		11,445	13,907		12,439	2.7
2015-16	14,171		12,619	15,298		13,622	13,299		11,842	14,357		12,784	2.8
2016-17	14,777		13,096	15,665		13,883	13,834		12,260	14,664		12,996	1.7
2017-18	15,381		13,550	15,946		14,047	14,364		12,654	14,891		13,118	0.9

---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: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 2017-18. (This table was prepared September 2020.)