Table 236.65.

Current expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2017-18

State or jurisdiction	Unadjusted dollars1																Constant 2019-20 dollars2
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
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	32	33
United States	$751	$2,088	$4,643	$6,912	$9,679	$10,298	$10,540	$10,636	$10,663	$10,648	$10,771	$11,066	$11,445	$11,842	$12,260	$12,654	$5,115	$6,920	$9,405	$10,503	$12,196	$12,513	$12,630	$12,623	$12,406	$12,036	$11,975	$12,115	$12,439	$12,784	$12,996	$13,118
Alabama	512	1,520	3,144	5,638	8,398	9,197	8,964	8,907	8,726	8,577	8,773	9,036	9,146	9,258	9,528	9,717	3,484	5,038	6,369	8,566	10,582	11,175	10,741	10,571	10,152	9,695	9,754	9,892	9,941	9,994	10,100	10,073
Alaska	1,059	4,267	7,577	8,806	12,324	14,641	15,363	15,829	16,663	17,475	18,217	18,466	20,191	17,510	17,838	17,726	7,212	14,139	15,350	13,381	15,530	17,789	18,409	18,786	19,387	19,754	20,255	20,216	21,944	18,903	18,909	18,376
Arizona	674	1,865	3,717	5,030	7,316	7,727	8,022	7,870	7,782	7,383	7,495	7,427	7,590	7,772	8,053	8,373	4,592	6,179	7,531	7,643	9,219	9,389	9,613	9,340	9,054	8,346	8,333	8,130	8,249	8,391	8,537	8,680
Arkansas	511	1,472	3,229	5,277	8,391	8,677	8,854	9,281	9,496	9,536	9,538	9,752	9,805	9,900	10,004	10,168	3,479	4,877	6,542	8,019	10,574	10,543	10,610	11,015	11,048	10,779	10,605	10,676	10,656	10,688	10,605	10,541
California	833	2,227	4,502	6,314	8,952	9,706	9,503	9,300	9,146	9,220	9,258	9,671	10,449	11,420	12,151	12,664	5,675	7,377	9,121	9,594	11,280	11,794	11,387	11,037	10,642	10,422	10,294	10,588	11,356	12,329	12,881	13,129
Colorado	686	2,258	4,357	6,215	8,286	9,152	8,782	8,926	8,786	8,594	8,693	9,036	9,292	9,619	9,849	10,238	4,672	7,481	8,826	9,444	10,441	11,120	10,523	10,593	10,222	9,714	9,665	9,892	10,099	10,384	10,441	10,614
Connecticut	911	2,167	7,463	9,753	13,659	14,610	15,353	15,698	16,224	16,855	17,321	18,401	19,020	19,615	19,929	20,147	6,202	7,180	15,118	14,818	17,212	17,752	18,398	18,631	18,876	19,052	19,258	20,144	20,671	21,175	21,126	20,886
Delaware	833	2,587	5,326	8,310	11,760	12,153	12,109	12,222	12,467	13,580	13,653	13,793	13,882	14,397	14,892	15,282	5,676	8,571	10,790	12,626	14,819	14,766	14,510	14,506	14,505	15,351	15,180	15,100	15,087	15,543	15,786	15,843
District of Columbia	947	2,811	7,872	10,107	15,511	16,353	19,698	20,910	20,793	19,847	20,451	20,537	20,610	21,161	22,561	23,155	6,448	9,315	15,947	15,357	19,546	19,870	23,605	24,817	24,192	22,434	22,738	22,483	22,400	22,845	23,916	24,005
Florida	683	1,834	4,597	5,831	8,567	9,084	8,867	8,863	9,030	8,520	8,623	8,955	9,113	9,176	9,374	9,663	4,649	6,077	9,313	8,860	10,795	11,037	10,625	10,519	10,507	9,631	9,588	9,803	9,904	9,906	9,937	10,018
Georgia	539	1,491	4,000	6,437	9,102	9,718	9,649	9,432	9,259	9,272	9,121	9,236	9,476	9,835	10,274	10,760	3,669	4,940	8,103	9,781	11,469	11,807	11,563	11,195	10,773	10,481	10,142	10,111	10,299	10,618	10,891	11,155
Hawaii	792	2,086	4,130	6,530	11,316	11,800	12,400	11,855	11,924	11,973	11,790	12,400	12,855	13,748	14,322	15,242	5,393	6,913	8,367	9,922	14,260	14,338	14,859	14,069	13,873	13,533	13,109	13,575	13,971	14,842	15,182	15,801
Idaho	573	1,548	2,921	5,315	6,648	6,951	7,118	7,100	6,821	6,626	6,761	6,577	6,929	7,211	7,554	7,846	3,903	5,130	5,917	8,075	8,377	8,446	8,529	8,427	7,937	7,490	7,517	7,200	7,531	7,785	8,008	8,134
Illinois	816	2,241	4,521	7,133	9,596	10,353	11,097	11,739	11,742	12,011	12,443	13,213	13,935	14,327	15,517	15,912	5,554	7,426	9,158	10,838	12,091	12,580	13,298	13,932	13,662	13,577	13,835	14,465	15,145	15,467	16,449	16,496
Indiana	661	1,708	4,270	7,192	9,080	8,867	9,254	9,479	9,251	9,588	9,421	9,396	9,529	9,688	9,823	10,033	4,502	5,660	8,651	10,928	11,441	10,774	11,089	11,250	10,763	10,837	10,475	10,286	10,357	10,458	10,413	10,401
Iowa	798	2,164	4,190	6,564	8,791	9,520	9,704	9,748	9,795	10,027	10,291	10,647	10,938	11,148	11,456	11,724	5,435	7,171	8,488	9,974	11,078	11,567	11,629	11,569	11,396	11,334	11,442	11,655	11,887	12,035	12,144	12,154
Kansas	699	1,963	4,290	6,294	9,243	9,894	10,204	9,972	9,802	10,021	10,011	10,240	10,329	10,216	10,428	11,095	4,759	6,504	8,690	9,563	11,646	12,022	12,227	11,835	11,405	11,328	11,131	11,210	11,226	11,029	11,054	11,502
Kentucky	502	1,557	3,384	5,921	7,941	8,740	8,786	8,957	9,228	9,327	9,274	9,411	9,560	9,831	10,083	11,081	3,418	5,160	6,855	8,996	10,006	10,619	10,528	10,631	10,736	10,543	10,311	10,303	10,390	10,613	10,689	11,488
Louisiana	589	1,629	3,625	5,804	8,937	10,006	10,625	10,701	10,799	10,726	10,539	10,853	11,106	11,169	11,378	11,636	4,014	5,398	7,343	8,819	11,262	12,158	12,732	12,700	12,564	12,125	11,718	11,881	12,070	12,057	12,061	12,063
Maine	649	1,692	4,903	7,667	11,644	11,761	12,183	12,525	12,576	12,335	12,694	13,267	13,976	14,202	14,633	15,069	4,420	5,607	9,933	11,650	14,672	14,290	14,599	14,865	14,632	13,942	14,114	14,524	15,190	15,332	15,512	15,622
Maryland	809	2,293	5,573	7,731	11,989	13,257	13,737	14,007	13,946	13,875	14,086	14,217	14,431	14,523	14,933	15,155	5,510	7,597	11,291	11,747	15,107	16,108	16,461	16,624	16,226	15,684	15,661	15,564	15,684	15,678	15,829	15,711
Massachusetts	791	2,548	5,766	8,816	12,784	13,690	14,534	13,956	14,612	14,844	15,321	15,886	16,450	16,986	17,718	18,328	5,384	8,442	11,681	13,395	16,109	16,634	17,417	16,563	17,000	16,779	17,035	17,391	17,878	18,337	18,782	19,000
Michigan	841	2,495	5,090	8,110	9,876	10,075	10,373	10,447	10,577	10,477	10,515	10,649	10,956	11,051	11,256	11,688	5,730	8,269	10,311	12,322	12,445	12,241	12,430	12,399	12,306	11,842	11,691	11,658	11,907	11,930	11,932	12,117
Minnesota	855	2,296	4,698	7,190	9,589	10,060	10,983	10,665	10,674	10,781	11,065	11,427	11,924	12,364	12,635	12,910	5,821	7,609	9,517	10,925	12,083	12,224	13,161	12,658	12,418	12,186	12,303	12,509	12,960	13,347	13,394	13,383
Mississippi	457	1,568	2,934	5,014	7,459	7,890	8,064	8,104	7,926	8,097	8,117	8,265	8,445	8,692	8,755	8,909	3,110	5,197	5,943	7,618	9,399	9,586	9,663	9,618	9,222	9,153	9,025	9,048	9,178	9,384	9,280	9,236
Missouri	596	1,724	4,071	6,187	8,848	9,532	9,617	9,721	9,461	9,514	9,702	9,938	10,231	10,385	10,684	11,034	4,058	5,713	8,246	9,401	11,149	11,582	11,524	11,537	11,008	10,754	10,788	10,880	11,120	11,211	11,326	11,439
Montana	728	2,264	4,240	6,314	9,191	9,786	10,120	10,565	10,719	10,569	10,662	10,941	11,078	11,374	11,538	11,512	4,955	7,500	8,589	9,593	11,582	11,891	12,127	12,539	12,471	11,947	11,855	11,978	12,040	12,279	12,231	11,934
Nebraska	700	2,025	4,553	6,683	10,068	10,565	10,846	11,339	11,704	11,492	11,743	11,877	12,174	12,379	12,662	12,813	4,765	6,708	9,223	10,155	12,687	12,837	12,997	13,458	13,617	12,990	13,056	13,003	13,231	13,363	13,422	13,283
Nevada	706	1,908	3,816	5,760	7,796	8,187	8,321	8,376	8,411	8,130	8,026	8,275	8,451	8,753	9,120	9,040	4,806	6,323	7,730	8,752	9,824	9,947	9,971	9,941	9,786	9,190	8,924	9,059	9,185	9,450	9,668	9,372
New Hampshire	666	1,732	4,786	6,860	11,036	11,951	12,583	13,072	13,548	13,774	14,050	14,601	14,969	15,535	15,958	16,588	4,536	5,739	9,695	10,423	13,907	14,521	15,079	15,514	15,763	15,570	15,622	15,984	16,268	16,770	16,917	17,197
New Jersey	924	2,825	7,546	10,337	16,163	17,620	16,973	17,379	16,855	17,982	18,523	18,780	18,559	19,041	19,585	20,316	6,291	9,362	15,287	15,707	20,367	21,409	20,339	20,626	19,610	20,326	20,595	20,559	20,171	20,555	20,761	21,062
New Mexico	665	1,870	3,446	5,825	8,849	9,291	9,648	9,621	9,250	9,013	9,164	9,403	9,724	9,959	9,949	9,963	4,528	6,198	6,981	8,851	11,151	11,289	11,562	11,418	10,762	10,188	10,189	10,294	10,568	10,751	10,546	10,328
New York	1,194	2,950	7,051	9,846	15,546	16,794	17,746	18,167	18,857	19,396	19,529	20,156	20,744	22,231	22,861	23,686	8,133	9,776	14,284	14,961	19,590	20,406	21,266	21,562	21,940	21,924	21,714	22,065	22,545	24,000	24,234	24,556
North Carolina	570	1,635	4,018	6,045	7,878	7,798	8,463	8,225	8,267	8,160	8,342	8,287	8,529	8,717	8,995	9,277	3,884	5,419	8,141	9,185	9,926	9,475	10,141	9,761	9,618	9,223	9,275	9,072	9,270	9,410	9,535	9,618
North Dakota	662	1,941	3,899	5,667	8,671	9,324	9,802	10,519	10,898	11,246	11,615	12,383	12,884	13,358	13,767	13,783	4,511	6,433	7,899	8,611	10,926	11,329	11,746	12,485	12,680	12,712	12,914	13,556	14,003	14,421	14,594	14,289
Ohio	677	1,894	4,531	7,065	9,937	10,340	10,669	11,224	11,395	11,323	11,276	11,434	11,730	11,933	12,569	12,893	4,607	6,277	9,179	10,734	12,521	12,563	12,785	13,321	13,258	12,799	12,537	12,518	12,748	12,882	13,324	13,366
Oklahoma	554	1,810	3,293	5,395	7,430	7,683	7,878	7,929	7,631	7,763	7,914	7,995	8,075	8,091	7,921	8,174	3,771	5,996	6,671	8,197	9,362	9,335	9,440	9,411	8,879	8,775	8,799	8,752	8,777	8,735	8,397	8,474
Oregon	843	2,412	4,864	7,149	8,958	9,565	9,611	9,268	9,516	9,485	9,572	9,959	10,457	10,823	11,252	11,903	5,742	7,993	9,855	10,862	11,288	11,622	11,517	10,999	11,071	10,721	10,642	10,902	11,365	11,684	11,928	12,340
Pennsylvania	815	2,328	5,737	7,772	10,905	11,741	12,299	12,729	13,096	13,091	13,445	13,824	14,405	15,165	15,782	16,377	5,552	7,715	11,623	11,810	13,741	14,266	14,739	15,107	15,237	14,798	14,949	15,134	15,656	16,372	16,730	16,978
Rhode Island	807	2,340	5,908	8,904	13,453	14,459	14,719	14,723	14,948	15,172	14,889	15,372	15,797	16,082	16,620	16,954	5,494	7,754	11,969	13,530	16,952	17,569	17,638	17,474	17,391	17,150	16,554	16,829	17,168	17,362	17,618	17,576
South Carolina	567	1,597	3,769	6,130	8,507	9,060	9,228	9,080	8,908	9,102	9,444	9,608	9,831	10,120	10,425	10,705	3,863	5,293	7,636	9,314	10,719	11,009	11,058	10,777	10,364	10,289	10,500	10,518	10,684	10,925	11,051	11,097
South Dakota	656	1,781	3,511	5,632	8,064	8,535	8,543	9,020	8,931	8,593	8,630	9,036	9,103	9,335	10,117	10,263	4,468	5,900	7,113	8,557	10,161	10,370	10,237	10,705	10,392	9,714	9,595	9,892	9,894	10,078	10,725	10,640
Tennessee	531	1,523	3,405	5,383	7,129	7,820	7,992	8,117	8,330	8,348	8,588	8,662	8,776	8,876	9,246	9,599	3,615	5,047	6,898	8,179	8,984	9,501	9,577	9,634	9,692	9,436	9,548	9,483	9,538	9,582	9,802	9,952
Texas	551	1,740	3,835	6,288	7,850	8,350	8,562	8,788	8,685	8,213	8,285	8,602	9,081	9,352	9,520	9,670	3,753	5,764	7,769	9,554	9,892	10,145	10,260	10,430	10,104	9,283	9,211	9,417	9,870	10,096	10,091	10,025
Utah	595	1,556	2,577	4,378	5,709	5,978	6,612	6,452	6,440	6,312	6,432	6,546	6,751	7,006	7,206	7,576	4,053	5,156	5,220	6,652	7,193	7,264	7,924	7,658	7,493	7,135	7,152	7,166	7,337	7,564	7,639	7,854
Vermont	790	1,930	5,770	8,323	13,629	14,421	15,096	15,666	14,707	16,651	17,286	18,066	18,769	19,023	19,480	20,149	5,376	6,396	11,690	12,646	17,173	17,523	18,089	18,593	17,111	18,822	19,219	19,778	20,399	20,536	20,650	20,888
Virginia	654	1,824	4,690	6,841	10,214	10,664	10,928	10,594	10,363	10,656	10,960	10,955	11,235	11,435	11,885	12,224	4,456	6,044	9,501	10,394	12,871	12,957	13,096	12,574	12,057	12,045	12,186	11,993	12,210	12,345	12,599	12,672
Washington	853	2,387	4,382	6,376	8,524	9,058	9,585	9,497	9,619	9,604	9,714	10,305	10,684	11,484	11,971	12,985	5,809	7,909	8,878	9,688	10,741	11,005	11,487	11,272	11,192	10,856	10,801	11,281	11,611	12,398	12,690	13,461
West Virginia	621	1,749	4,020	7,152	9,727	10,059	10,606	11,774	11,978	11,579	11,264	11,371	11,512	11,424	11,745	11,572	4,231	5,794	8,143	10,867	12,256	12,222	12,710	13,974	13,936	13,088	12,524	12,448	12,512	12,333	12,450	11,996
Wisconsin	793	2,225	5,020	7,806	10,372	10,791	11,183	11,507	11,947	11,233	11,186	11,345	11,538	11,664	12,104	12,446	5,401	7,372	10,169	11,862	13,069	13,112	13,401	13,657	13,900	12,698	12,437	12,420	12,540	12,592	12,831	12,902
Wyoming	805	2,369	5,239	7,425	13,266	13,856	14,628	15,232	15,815	15,988	15,815	15,903	16,047	16,431	16,513	16,134	5,482	7,850	10,613	11,283	16,716	16,836	17,529	18,078	18,400	18,072	17,584	17,410	17,441	17,739	17,505	16,726
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	---	---	1,781	2,739	3,481	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	4,862	---	---	3,609	4,162	4,387	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	5,040
Guam	766	---	3,817	---	---	---	---	---	8,443	9,300	8,949	8,585	9,431	9,692	9,700	9,902	5,219	---	7,733	---	---	---	---	---	9,823	10,513	9,950	9,398	10,250	10,463	10,282	10,266
Northern Marianas	---	---	3,356	5,120	4,707	4,535	5,753	5,676	7,623	6,246	5,733	5,875	---	---	---	---	---	---	6,799	7,780	5,931	5,510	6,894	6,736	8,870	7,060	6,374	6,432	---	---	---	---
Puerto Rico	---	---	1,605	3,404	6,006	6,520	6,955	7,021	7,429	7,403	8,460	8,281	7,902	7,821	7,602	6,682	---	---	3,252	5,171	7,568	7,922	8,334	8,333	8,644	8,368	9,407	9,066	8,588	8,443	8,058	6,927
U.S. Virgin Islands	---	---	6,043	6,478	9,669	12,358	12,768	14,215	13,226	11,669	10,661	11,705	11,141	11,631	13,000	15,486	---	---	12,242	9,843	12,183	15,016	15,300	16,871	15,388	13,190	11,853	12,814	12,108	12,556	13,781	16,054

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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. Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per pupil in public schools. 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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