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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
---Not available.
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.)

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