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 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	$816	$2,272	$4,980	$7,394	$10,336	$10,982	$11,239	$11,427	$11,433	$11,362	$11,509	$11,819	$12,224	$12,619	$13,096	$13,550	$5,556	$7,527	$10,088	$11,234	$13,024	$13,344	$13,467	$13,562	$13,302	$12,843	$12,797	$12,939	$13,286	$13,622	$13,883	$14,047
Alabama	544	1,612	3,327	5,758	8,743	9,345	9,385	9,554	9,296	8,927	9,486	9,543	9,690	9,870	10,161	10,374	3,704	5,341	6,740	8,750	11,017	11,354	11,246	11,339	10,816	10,091	10,547	10,447	10,531	10,656	10,771	10,754
Alaska	1,123	4,728	8,431	9,668	13,508	16,002	16,822	17,350	18,352	19,134	19,982	20,254	22,161	19,242	19,550	19,498	7,644	15,664	17,080	14,690	17,021	19,444	20,158	20,591	21,352	21,628	22,218	22,174	24,085	20,773	20,724	20,214
Arizona	720	1,971	4,053	5,478	8,038	8,630	8,732	8,756	8,646	8,224	8,388	8,278	8,426	8,572	8,867	9,057	4,904	6,530	8,211	8,324	10,128	10,486	10,464	10,392	10,059	9,296	9,326	9,063	9,158	9,254	9,400	9,390
Arkansas	568	1,574	3,485	5,628	9,152	9,460	9,651	10,237	10,332	10,397	9,853	10,622	10,756	10,837	10,968	11,226	3,865	5,217	7,060	8,551	11,532	11,495	11,565	12,149	12,021	11,752	10,955	11,629	11,691	11,700	11,627	11,637
California	867	2,268	4,391	6,401	9,029	9,673	9,439	9,680	9,540	9,608	9,686	10,094	10,924	11,937	12,730	13,263	5,905	7,514	8,895	9,725	11,378	11,753	11,311	11,489	11,100	10,860	10,769	11,050	11,872	12,887	13,495	13,750
Colorado	738	2,421	4,720	6,702	9,110	9,977	9,611	9,747	9,709	9,415	9,572	9,924	10,349	10,619	10,946	11,304	5,024	8,021	9,563	10,183	11,479	12,123	11,517	11,569	11,296	10,643	10,643	10,864	11,248	11,464	11,603	11,719
Connecticut	951	2,420	7,837	10,122	14,143	15,063	15,840	16,133	16,932	17,472	17,859	19,029	19,731	20,380	20,731	20,964	6,478	8,019	15,876	15,380	17,821	18,303	18,981	19,147	19,700	19,750	19,857	20,832	21,445	22,001	21,976	21,733
Delaware	900	2,861	5,799	8,809	12,612	12,789	12,753	12,928	13,228	14,253	14,129	14,203	14,556	15,150	15,824	16,292	6,129	9,480	11,747	13,384	15,893	15,540	15,282	15,344	15,391	16,111	15,710	15,549	15,820	16,355	16,774	16,890
District of Columbia	1,018	3,259	8,955	11,935	18,285	20,807	19,766	21,283	21,304	20,399	20,333	21,629	21,362	22,340	23,632	24,582	6,934	10,798	18,141	18,134	23,041	25,281	23,686	25,260	24,786	23,058	22,608	23,678	23,217	24,118	25,051	25,484
Florida	732	1,889	4,997	6,383	9,055	9,711	9,452	9,363	9,394	8,825	8,925	9,189	9,295	9,337	9,571	10,072	4,987	6,259	10,124	9,699	11,411	11,800	11,327	11,113	10,930	9,976	9,924	10,060	10,103	10,080	10,146	10,442
Georgia	588	1,625	4,275	6,903	9,615	10,263	10,178	9,855	9,577	9,492	9,437	9,529	9,809	10,185	10,722	11,259	4,004	5,385	8,660	10,489	12,115	12,470	12,196	11,696	11,142	10,729	10,493	10,432	10,661	10,995	11,366	11,672
Hawaii	841	2,322	4,448	7,090	12,364	12,774	13,397	12,887	12,603	12,735	12,585	13,219	13,849	14,728	15,325	16,237	5,723	7,693	9,012	10,773	15,580	15,521	16,054	15,294	14,663	14,396	13,992	14,472	15,051	15,899	16,245	16,833
Idaho	603	1,659	3,078	5,644	7,074	7,402	7,567	7,481	7,155	7,041	7,273	7,215	7,409	7,642	8,024	8,359	4,108	5,498	6,235	8,576	8,914	8,994	9,068	8,879	8,325	7,959	8,086	7,898	8,052	8,250	8,505	8,666
Illinois	909	2,587	5,118	8,084	10,816	11,624	12,489	13,083	13,180	13,459	13,808	14,682	15,473	15,909	17,332	17,693	6,193	8,570	10,368	12,283	13,629	14,124	14,966	15,528	15,335	15,214	15,353	16,073	16,816	17,175	18,373	18,342
Indiana	728	1,882	4,606	7,652	9,727	9,569	9,946	10,160	9,924	10,220	10,037	10,078	10,202	10,368	10,472	10,758	4,957	6,237	9,332	11,627	12,257	11,627	11,919	12,058	11,546	11,553	11,160	11,033	11,088	11,193	11,101	11,153
Iowa	844	2,326	4,453	6,925	8,789	9,128	10,482	10,524	10,565	10,748	10,915	11,359	11,698	11,846	12,167	12,596	5,748	7,708	9,021	10,522	11,074	11,091	12,560	12,490	12,292	12,149	12,136	12,435	12,714	12,789	12,897	13,058
Kansas	771	2,173	4,752	6,962	10,280	11,065	11,485	10,859	10,700	10,712	10,789	11,180	11,106	10,815	11,159	12,003	5,250	7,200	9,626	10,579	12,953	13,445	13,763	12,888	12,449	12,109	11,996	12,239	12,070	11,676	11,829	12,443
Kentucky	545	1,701	3,745	6,784	9,303	9,940	10,054	10,376	10,469	10,700	10,269	10,248	10,659	10,912	11,193	12,574	3,712	5,636	7,587	10,308	11,723	12,078	12,047	12,315	12,180	12,095	11,418	11,219	11,584	11,780	11,865	13,036
Louisiana	648	1,792	3,903	6,256	9,650	10,797	11,410	11,492	11,500	11,352	11,118	11,415	11,697	11,775	12,050	12,354	4,413	5,938	7,908	9,505	12,160	13,119	13,672	13,639	13,380	12,831	12,362	12,497	12,713	12,712	12,774	12,808
Maine	692	1,824	5,373	8,247	12,628	13,177	13,558	14,090	14,406	14,000	14,347	14,926	15,839	16,060	16,103	16,655	4,715	6,042	10,885	12,530	15,912	16,011	16,247	16,722	16,761	15,826	15,952	16,341	17,214	17,338	17,070	17,266
Maryland	918	2,598	6,275	8,273	12,836	14,122	14,612	14,937	14,876	14,746	15,010	15,109	15,403	15,478	15,982	16,452	6,253	8,608	12,713	12,571	16,174	17,159	17,510	17,728	17,308	16,668	16,689	16,541	16,741	16,709	16,942	17,056
Massachusetts	859	2,819	6,237	9,375	13,263	14,373	15,249	14,632	15,334	15,607	16,111	16,646	17,311	18,026	18,853	19,409	5,850	9,341	12,635	14,245	16,712	17,464	18,273	17,366	17,840	17,642	17,913	18,223	18,814	19,460	19,986	20,121
Michigan	904	2,640	5,546	8,886	10,932	11,155	11,493	11,661	11,560	11,462	11,495	11,678	12,048	12,243	12,448	12,895	6,155	8,749	11,236	13,502	13,775	13,554	13,772	13,840	13,450	12,956	12,781	12,784	13,095	13,217	13,196	13,368
Minnesota	904	2,387	4,971	7,499	10,185	10,663	11,602	11,366	11,368	11,424	11,754	12,140	12,707	13,169	13,496	13,834	6,153	7,908	10,069	11,395	12,834	12,957	13,903	13,489	13,227	12,914	13,069	13,291	13,810	14,216	14,307	14,342
Mississippi	501	1,664	3,094	5,356	7,988	8,448	8,610	8,670	8,436	8,623	8,685	8,926	9,129	9,380	9,467	9,680	3,411	5,513	6,267	8,137	10,065	10,265	10,317	10,290	9,815	9,747	9,656	9,771	9,922	10,126	10,036	10,035
Missouri	709	1,936	4,507	6,764	9,266	10,007	10,341	10,468	10,348	10,370	10,555	10,764	11,079	11,233	11,527	11,962	4,825	6,416	9,130	10,278	11,676	12,159	12,392	12,424	12,039	11,721	11,735	11,784	12,042	12,127	12,219	12,401
Montana	782	2,476	4,736	6,990	10,244	10,541	10,881	11,463	11,599	11,290	11,493	11,840	11,999	12,379	12,489	12,743	5,324	8,206	9,595	10,621	12,908	12,807	13,039	13,605	13,495	12,761	12,778	12,962	13,041	13,364	13,239	13,211
Nebraska	736	2,150	4,842	7,360	10,711	11,217	11,457	11,920	12,324	12,114	12,374	12,502	12,825	13,700	14,062	14,426	5,015	7,124	9,808	11,183	13,497	13,629	13,729	14,148	14,339	13,693	13,758	13,687	13,939	14,790	14,906	14,955
Nevada	769	2,088	4,117	6,148	8,372	8,891	8,865	8,869	9,035	8,677	8,525	8,734	8,939	9,233	9,620	9,521	5,240	6,919	8,341	9,341	10,550	10,803	10,623	10,527	10,512	9,808	9,478	9,562	9,715	9,968	10,198	9,871
New Hampshire	723	1,916	5,304	7,082	11,347	12,280	12,912	13,424	13,964	14,215	14,463	15,013	15,380	15,934	16,360	16,977	4,923	6,348	10,745	10,761	14,298	14,921	15,473	15,932	16,246	16,068	16,081	16,435	16,716	17,202	17,343	17,600
New Jersey	1,016	3,191	8,139	10,903	16,650	18,174	17,466	18,060	17,654	18,197	19,020	19,282	19,296	20,055	20,735	21,473	6,920	10,574	16,489	16,566	20,980	22,082	20,930	21,434	20,540	20,570	21,148	21,109	20,972	21,651	21,981	22,261
New Mexico	707	2,034	3,515	5,835	8,876	9,377	9,727	9,716	9,356	9,069	9,230	9,546	9,891	9,954	9,978	10,005	4,814	6,739	7,120	8,866	11,184	11,393	11,656	11,531	10,886	10,251	10,263	10,451	10,750	10,746	10,577	10,372
New York	1,327	3,462	8,062	10,957	17,182	18,423	19,373	19,965	20,517	20,881	21,172	22,048	22,771	23,678	24,480	25,501	9,035	11,472	16,331	16,648	21,650	22,385	23,215	23,696	23,871	23,603	23,540	24,137	24,749	25,562	25,951	26,437
North Carolina	612	1,754	4,290	6,505	8,373	8,415	9,167	8,930	8,943	8,828	9,041	8,948	9,245	9,347	9,708	10,003	4,170	5,813	8,691	9,884	10,551	10,224	10,985	10,599	10,405	9,979	10,053	9,795	10,048	10,091	10,291	10,370
North Dakota	690	1,920	4,189	6,078	9,203	9,637	10,113	10,976	11,356	11,643	12,090	12,952	13,552	14,002	14,443	14,409	4,696	6,363	8,487	9,235	11,597	11,709	12,119	13,027	13,213	13,161	13,442	14,179	14,729	15,116	15,311	14,937
Ohio	730	2,075	5,045	7,816	10,792	11,374	11,905	12,307	12,484	12,271	12,284	12,447	12,285	12,488	13,019	13,403	4,971	6,874	10,220	11,877	13,599	13,820	14,266	14,606	14,525	13,871	13,658	13,626	13,352	13,481	13,801	13,895
Oklahoma	604	1,926	3,508	5,770	7,968	8,270	8,423	8,511	8,165	8,281	8,450	8,526	8,633	8,624	8,469	8,769	4,116	6,383	7,106	8,767	10,041	10,049	10,093	10,102	9,500	9,361	9,395	9,333	9,383	9,310	8,978	9,091
Oregon	925	2,692	5,474	8,129	9,762	10,487	10,673	10,476	10,497	10,386	10,370	10,739	11,356	11,856	12,320	13,066	6,297	8,919	11,090	12,351	12,301	12,742	12,790	12,433	12,213	11,740	11,530	11,757	12,342	12,799	13,060	13,545
Pennsylvania	882	2,535	6,228	8,380	11,995	12,493	12,989	13,678	14,072	13,973	14,378	14,789	15,405	15,997	16,828	17,465	6,004	8,398	12,617	12,733	15,115	15,179	15,565	16,234	16,373	15,795	15,987	16,190	16,743	17,270	17,838	18,106
Rhode Island	891	2,601	6,368	9,646	14,674	15,843	16,211	16,243	16,346	16,498	16,187	16,702	17,151	17,332	17,929	18,256	6,068	8,618	12,900	14,657	18,491	19,250	19,427	19,278	19,018	18,648	17,998	18,284	18,641	18,711	19,006	18,926
South Carolina	613	1,752	4,082	6,545	9,226	9,823	10,007	9,887	9,735	9,823	10,200	10,408	10,670	10,910	11,312	11,953	4,171	5,805	8,269	9,945	11,626	11,936	11,991	11,734	11,327	11,103	11,341	11,394	11,597	11,778	11,992	12,392
South Dakota	690	1,908	3,731	6,037	8,506	9,047	9,457	9,683	9,431	9,095	9,138	9,539	9,637	9,897	10,905	10,940	4,698	6,321	7,559	9,172	10,718	10,992	11,332	11,492	10,973	10,281	10,160	10,443	10,474	10,684	11,560	11,341
Tennessee	566	1,635	3,664	5,837	7,843	8,459	8,676	8,810	9,146	9,235	9,370	9,431	9,549	9,719	10,106	10,462	3,855	5,419	7,422	8,869	9,883	10,278	10,397	10,456	10,641	10,439	10,418	10,325	10,379	10,492	10,713	10,846
Texas	624	1,916	4,150	6,771	8,484	9,029	9,260	9,528	9,418	8,862	8,951	9,273	9,789	10,067	10,264	10,436	4,250	6,347	8,408	10,289	10,690	10,971	11,097	11,308	10,958	10,017	9,953	10,151	10,639	10,868	10,881	10,819
Utah	626	1,657	2,764	4,692	6,116	6,841	7,081	6,877	6,851	6,787	7,023	7,156	7,375	7,659	7,892	8,315	4,264	5,489	5,599	7,130	7,707	8,312	8,485	8,162	7,971	7,672	7,809	7,834	8,015	8,269	8,366	8,621
Vermont	807	1,997	6,227	8,799	14,219	15,089	16,073	16,586	16,661	17,575	18,372	19,032	19,793	20,196	20,540	21,630	5,497	6,617	12,614	13,370	17,917	18,334	19,261	19,685	19,384	19,866	20,427	20,835	21,512	21,803	21,774	22,424
Virginia	708	1,970	4,672	6,491	10,913	11,410	11,696	11,383	11,123	11,385	11,748	11,716	11,810	12,022	12,535	12,784	4,820	6,527	9,464	9,863	13,751	13,864	14,016	13,509	12,941	12,869	13,062	12,827	12,836	12,978	13,287	13,253
Washington	915	2,568	4,702	6,914	9,233	9,846	10,423	10,242	10,402	10,413	10,553	11,199	11,648	12,533	13,099	14,211	6,233	8,509	9,526	10,505	11,635	11,963	12,490	12,155	12,103	11,770	11,733	12,260	12,659	13,530	13,886	14,733
West Virginia	670	1,920	4,360	7,637	10,080	10,605	11,122	12,378	12,505	11,982	11,665	11,800	12,414	12,299	12,649	12,620	4,562	6,363	8,834	11,604	12,702	12,885	13,327	14,691	14,549	13,544	12,970	12,918	13,492	13,278	13,409	13,083
Wisconsin	883	2,477	5,524	8,299	10,813	11,370	11,773	12,194	12,515	11,750	11,768	11,963	12,227	12,312	12,866	13,163	6,011	8,207	11,190	12,609	13,625	13,815	14,108	14,473	14,561	13,282	13,084	13,097	13,289	13,291	13,639	13,646
Wyoming	856	2,527	5,577	7,944	14,219	14,936	15,658	16,535	17,126	17,228	17,135	17,165	17,445	17,796	17,950	17,736	5,829	8,372	11,299	12,071	17,917	18,148	18,764	19,624	19,926	19,474	19,052	18,792	18,960	19,212	19,028	18,387
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	---	---	1,908	2,807	3,909	4,309	4,468	4,881	4,877	5,154	4,870	5,504	5,120	5,235	5,622	5,146	---	---	3,864	4,265	4,925	5,235	5,354	5,793	5,674	5,826	5,415	6,026	5,565	5,652	5,960	5,335
Guam	820	---	4,234	---	7,450	8,084	8,264	8,393	9,280	10,112	9,431	9,914	10,120	9,983	9,939	10,201	5,582	---	8,578	---	9,387	9,822	9,904	9,961	10,798	11,430	10,486	10,854	10,999	10,777	10,536	10,575
Northern Marianas	---	---	3,007	5,720	5,356	5,162	6,397	6,284	8,495	7,068	6,381	6,548	6,921	8,127	9,529	10,115	---	---	6,092	8,691	6,749	6,272	7,666	7,458	9,884	7,989	7,095	7,169	7,522	8,773	10,101	10,486
Puerto Rico	---	---	1,750	3,859	6,152	6,937	7,329	7,426	8,560	7,798	8,701	8,822	8,025	8,124	7,660	6,855	---	---	3,545	5,863	7,752	8,429	8,783	8,813	9,959	8,814	9,675	9,658	8,722	8,770	8,120	7,106
U.S. Virgin Islands	---	---	6,767	7,238	10,548	12,358	12,768	14,215	13,014	11,669	10,661	14,372	14,849	15,805	16,117	15,815	---	---	13,710	10,997	13,291	15,016	15,300	16,871	15,142	13,190	11,853	15,734	16,139	17,062	17,085	16,395

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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. There are discrepancies in average daily attendance reporting practices from state to state. 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.)