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 2018-19

State or jurisdiction	Unadjusted dollars1															Constant 2020-21 dollars2
	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
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
United States	$816	$2,272	$4,980	$7,394	$11,239	$11,427	$11,433	$11,362	$11,509	$11,819	$12,224	$12,619	$13,096	$13,550	$14,164	$5,684	$7,701	$10,320	$11,493	$13,777	$13,874	$13,609	$13,139	$13,091	$13,237	$13,592	$13,936	$14,202	$14,370	$14,716
Alabama	544	1,612	3,327	5,758	9,385	9,554	9,296	8,927	9,486	9,543	9,690	9,870	10,161	10,374	10,846	3,789	5,464	6,895	8,951	11,505	11,600	11,065	10,323	10,790	10,688	10,774	10,901	11,019	11,002	11,269
Alaska	1,123	4,728	8,431	9,668	16,822	17,350	18,352	19,134	19,982	20,254	22,161	19,242	19,550	19,498	20,088	7,820	16,025	17,473	15,028	20,622	21,065	21,843	22,126	22,729	22,684	24,640	21,251	21,201	20,679	20,872
Arizona	720	1,971	4,053	5,478	8,732	8,756	8,646	8,224	8,388	8,278	8,426	8,572	8,867	9,057	9,650	5,016	6,680	8,400	8,516	10,705	10,631	10,290	9,510	9,541	9,271	9,368	9,467	9,616	9,606	10,026
Arkansas	568	1,574	3,485	5,628	9,651	10,237	10,332	10,397	9,853	10,622	10,756	10,837	10,968	11,226	11,458	3,954	5,337	7,223	8,748	11,831	12,429	12,297	12,022	11,207	11,896	11,960	11,969	11,894	11,905	11,906
California	867	2,268	4,391	6,401	9,439	9,680	9,540	9,608	9,686	10,094	10,924	11,937	12,730	13,263	14,588	6,041	7,687	9,100	9,949	11,571	11,753	11,356	11,110	11,017	11,305	12,146	13,184	13,805	14,066	15,157
Colorado	738	2,421	4,720	6,702	9,611	9,747	9,709	9,415	9,572	9,924	10,349	10,619	10,946	11,304	12,465	5,140	8,206	9,783	10,417	11,782	11,835	11,556	10,888	10,888	11,114	11,507	11,727	11,870	11,989	12,951
Connecticut	951	2,420	7,837	10,122	15,840	16,133	16,932	17,472	17,859	19,029	19,731	20,380	20,731	20,964	21,964	6,627	8,204	16,242	15,734	19,418	19,588	20,153	20,205	20,314	21,312	21,938	22,507	22,481	22,234	22,821
Delaware	900	2,861	5,799	8,809	12,753	12,928	13,228	14,253	14,129	14,203	14,556	15,150	15,824	16,292	16,595	6,270	9,698	12,018	13,692	15,634	15,697	15,745	16,481	16,071	15,907	16,184	16,732	17,160	17,279	17,242
District of Columbia	1,018	3,259	8,955	11,935	19,766	21,283	21,304	20,399	20,333	21,629	21,362	22,340	23,632	24,582	25,502	7,094	11,047	18,559	18,552	24,231	25,841	25,357	23,589	23,128	24,223	23,751	24,673	25,628	26,071	26,497
Florida	732	1,889	4,997	6,383	9,452	9,363	9,394	8,825	8,925	9,189	9,295	9,337	9,571	10,072	10,184	5,101	6,403	10,357	9,922	11,587	11,369	11,181	10,205	10,152	10,291	10,335	10,312	10,379	10,682	10,582
Georgia	588	1,625	4,275	6,903	10,178	9,855	9,577	9,492	9,437	9,529	9,809	10,185	10,722	11,259	11,635	4,096	5,509	8,859	10,731	12,477	11,966	11,399	10,976	10,734	10,672	10,906	11,248	11,628	11,940	12,089
Hawaii	841	2,322	4,448	7,090	13,397	12,887	12,603	12,735	12,585	13,219	13,849	14,728	15,325	16,237	17,269	5,855	7,870	9,219	11,021	16,423	15,646	15,001	14,727	14,314	14,805	15,398	16,265	16,619	17,221	17,943
Idaho	603	1,659	3,078	5,644	7,567	7,481	7,155	7,041	7,273	7,215	7,409	7,642	8,024	8,359	8,726	4,202	5,624	6,378	8,773	9,277	9,083	8,516	8,143	8,272	8,080	8,237	8,440	8,701	8,865	9,067
Illinois	909	2,587	5,118	8,084	12,489	13,083	13,180	13,459	13,808	14,682	15,473	15,909	17,332	17,693	18,208	6,335	8,768	10,606	12,566	15,310	15,885	15,688	15,564	15,706	16,443	17,203	17,570	18,796	18,764	18,918
Indiana	728	1,882	4,606	7,652	9,946	10,160	9,924	10,220	10,037	10,078	10,202	10,368	10,472	10,758	11,028	5,071	6,381	9,546	11,895	12,193	12,336	11,812	11,819	11,416	11,287	11,343	11,451	11,357	11,410	11,458
Iowa	844	2,326	4,453	6,925	10,482	10,524	10,565	10,748	10,915	11,359	11,698	11,846	12,167	12,596	12,907	5,881	7,886	9,228	10,764	12,850	12,777	12,575	12,429	12,415	12,721	13,007	13,083	13,194	13,358	13,410
Kansas	771	2,173	4,752	6,962	11,485	10,859	10,700	10,712	10,789	11,180	11,106	10,815	11,159	12,003	12,295	5,371	7,366	9,847	10,822	14,080	13,184	12,735	12,388	12,272	12,521	12,348	11,944	12,102	12,730	12,774
Kentucky	545	1,701	3,745	6,784	10,054	10,376	10,469	10,700	10,269	10,248	10,659	10,912	11,193	12,574	12,784	3,798	5,766	7,762	10,546	12,325	12,598	12,461	12,374	11,681	11,477	11,851	12,051	12,138	13,336	13,283
Louisiana	648	1,792	3,903	6,256	11,410	11,492	11,500	11,352	11,118	11,415	11,697	11,775	12,050	12,354	12,512	4,514	6,074	8,090	9,724	13,987	13,953	13,688	13,127	12,646	12,784	13,006	13,004	13,068	13,102	13,001
Maine	692	1,824	5,373	8,247	13,558	14,090	14,406	14,000	14,347	14,926	15,839	16,060	16,103	16,655	17,419	4,824	6,181	11,135	12,819	16,621	17,107	17,146	16,190	16,319	16,717	17,610	17,737	17,463	17,664	18,099
Maryland	918	2,598	6,275	8,273	14,612	14,937	14,876	14,746	15,010	15,109	15,403	15,478	15,982	16,452	16,932	6,397	8,806	13,006	12,860	17,913	18,136	17,706	17,052	17,073	16,922	17,126	17,094	17,332	17,448	17,593
Massachusetts	859	2,819	6,237	9,375	15,249	14,632	15,334	15,607	16,111	16,646	17,311	18,026	18,853	19,409	20,299	5,984	9,556	12,926	14,573	18,694	17,766	18,251	18,048	18,325	18,643	19,247	19,908	20,446	20,584	21,091
Michigan	904	2,640	5,546	8,886	11,493	11,661	11,560	11,462	11,495	11,678	12,048	12,243	12,448	12,895	13,315	6,297	8,950	11,495	13,812	14,089	14,159	13,759	13,254	13,075	13,079	13,396	13,522	13,500	13,675	13,835
Minnesota	904	2,387	4,971	7,499	11,602	11,366	11,368	11,424	11,754	12,140	12,707	13,169	13,496	13,834	14,250	6,295	8,090	10,301	11,657	14,223	13,800	13,531	13,211	13,370	13,597	14,128	14,544	14,636	14,672	14,806
Mississippi	501	1,664	3,094	5,356	8,610	8,670	8,436	8,623	8,685	8,926	9,129	9,380	9,467	9,680	10,071	3,489	5,640	6,411	8,325	10,554	10,526	10,041	9,972	9,879	9,996	10,151	10,359	10,267	10,266	10,464
Missouri	709	1,936	4,507	6,764	10,341	10,468	10,348	10,370	10,555	10,764	11,079	11,233	11,527	11,962	12,305	4,936	6,563	9,341	10,514	12,678	12,710	12,316	11,991	12,006	12,055	12,319	12,406	12,501	12,686	12,785
Montana	782	2,476	4,736	6,990	10,881	11,463	11,599	11,290	11,493	11,840	11,999	12,379	12,489	12,743	13,068	5,446	8,394	9,816	10,865	13,339	13,918	13,805	13,055	13,072	13,260	13,341	13,671	13,543	13,515	13,578
Nebraska	736	2,150	4,842	7,360	11,457	11,920	12,324	12,114	12,374	12,502	12,825	13,700	14,062	14,426	14,246	5,130	7,288	10,034	11,440	14,045	14,473	14,669	14,008	14,075	14,002	14,260	15,131	15,249	15,300	14,802
Nevada	769	2,088	4,117	6,148	8,865	8,869	9,035	8,677	8,525	8,734	8,939	9,233	9,620	9,521	9,613	5,360	7,078	8,533	9,556	10,867	10,769	10,754	10,034	9,697	9,782	9,939	10,197	10,433	10,098	9,988
New Hampshire	723	1,916	5,304	7,082	12,912	13,424	13,964	14,215	14,463	15,013	15,380	15,934	16,360	16,977	17,491	5,037	6,494	10,992	11,009	15,829	16,299	16,620	16,438	16,451	16,814	17,100	17,598	17,742	18,005	18,174
New Jersey	1,016	3,191	8,139	10,903	17,466	18,060	17,654	18,197	19,020	19,282	19,296	20,055	20,735	21,473	22,507	7,079	10,818	16,868	16,947	21,412	21,927	21,013	21,043	21,634	21,595	21,454	22,149	22,486	22,774	23,385
New Mexico	707	2,034	3,515	5,835	9,727	9,716	9,356	9,069	9,230	9,546	9,891	9,954	9,978	10,005	10,543	4,925	6,894	7,284	9,070	11,925	11,796	11,136	10,487	10,499	10,691	10,997	10,993	10,821	10,611	10,954
New York	1,327	3,462	8,062	10,957	19,373	19,965	20,517	20,881	21,172	22,048	22,771	23,678	24,480	25,501	26,727	9,243	11,736	16,707	17,031	23,749	24,241	24,420	24,147	24,082	24,693	25,319	26,150	26,548	27,045	27,770
North Carolina	612	1,754	4,290	6,505	9,167	8,930	8,943	8,828	9,041	8,948	9,245	9,347	9,708	10,003	10,589	4,266	5,946	8,891	10,112	11,238	10,843	10,644	10,209	10,284	10,021	10,280	10,323	10,528	10,609	11,002
North Dakota	690	1,920	4,189	6,078	10,113	10,976	11,356	11,643	12,090	12,952	13,552	14,002	14,443	14,409	14,792	4,804	6,509	8,682	9,448	12,398	13,327	13,517	13,464	13,752	14,505	15,068	15,464	15,663	15,281	15,369
Ohio	730	2,075	5,045	7,816	11,905	12,307	12,484	12,271	12,284	12,447	12,285	12,488	13,019	13,403	14,021	5,085	7,032	10,455	12,150	14,594	14,942	14,859	14,190	13,973	13,940	13,659	13,791	14,119	14,215	14,568
Oklahoma	604	1,926	3,508	5,770	8,423	8,511	8,165	8,281	8,450	8,526	8,633	8,624	8,469	8,769	9,828	4,211	6,530	7,270	8,969	10,325	10,334	9,719	9,576	9,611	9,548	9,599	9,525	9,184	9,300	10,211
Oregon	925	2,692	5,474	8,129	10,673	10,476	10,497	10,386	10,370	10,739	11,356	11,856	12,320	13,066	13,685	6,442	9,125	11,345	12,636	13,084	12,719	12,494	12,010	11,795	12,027	12,626	13,094	13,360	13,857	14,219
Pennsylvania	882	2,535	6,228	8,380	12,989	13,678	14,072	13,973	14,378	14,789	15,405	15,997	16,828	17,465	18,076	6,142	8,592	12,907	13,027	15,924	16,608	16,749	16,158	16,355	16,563	17,128	17,668	18,249	18,523	18,781
Rhode Island	891	2,601	6,368	9,646	16,211	16,243	16,346	16,498	16,187	16,702	17,151	17,332	17,929	18,256	18,981	6,208	8,817	13,197	14,994	19,874	19,722	19,456	19,078	18,412	18,705	19,070	19,141	19,444	19,361	19,721
South Carolina	613	1,752	4,082	6,545	10,007	9,887	9,735	9,823	10,200	10,408	10,670	10,910	11,312	11,953	12,197	4,267	5,939	8,459	10,174	12,267	12,004	11,587	11,359	11,602	11,656	11,863	12,049	12,268	12,677	12,673
South Dakota	690	1,908	3,731	6,037	9,457	9,683	9,431	9,095	9,138	9,539	9,637	9,897	10,905	10,940	11,453	4,806	6,466	7,733	9,384	11,593	11,756	11,225	10,518	10,393	10,683	10,715	10,930	11,826	11,602	11,900
Tennessee	566	1,635	3,664	5,837	8,676	8,810	9,146	9,235	9,370	9,431	9,549	9,719	10,106	10,462	10,885	3,943	5,544	7,593	9,073	10,636	10,696	10,886	10,679	10,658	10,562	10,618	10,733	10,960	11,096	11,310
Texas	624	1,916	4,150	6,771	9,260	9,528	9,418	8,862	8,951	9,273	9,789	10,067	10,264	10,436	10,680	4,348	6,494	8,602	10,526	11,352	11,569	11,210	10,248	10,182	10,385	10,884	11,118	11,131	11,068	11,097
Utah	626	1,657	2,764	4,692	7,081	6,877	6,851	6,787	7,023	7,156	7,375	7,659	7,892	8,315	8,751	4,362	5,616	5,728	7,294	8,681	8,349	8,154	7,849	7,988	8,015	8,200	8,459	8,558	8,819	9,093
Vermont	807	1,997	6,227	8,799	16,073	16,586	16,661	17,575	18,372	19,032	19,793	20,196	20,540	21,630	23,031	5,623	6,769	12,905	13,678	19,704	20,138	19,831	20,323	20,897	21,315	22,007	22,305	22,275	22,940	23,929
Virginia	708	1,970	4,672	6,491	11,696	11,383	11,123	11,385	11,748	11,716	11,810	12,022	12,535	12,784	13,203	4,931	6,678	9,682	10,090	14,338	13,820	13,239	13,166	13,363	13,122	13,131	13,277	13,593	13,558	13,718
Washington	915	2,568	4,702	6,914	10,423	10,242	10,402	10,413	10,553	11,199	11,648	12,533	13,099	14,211	15,831	6,376	8,705	9,745	10,747	12,777	12,435	12,382	12,041	12,003	12,542	12,951	13,841	14,206	15,072	16,448
West Virginia	670	1,920	4,360	7,637	11,122	12,378	12,505	11,982	11,665	11,800	12,414	12,299	12,649	12,620	13,324	4,667	6,509	9,037	11,871	13,634	15,029	14,884	13,855	13,269	13,215	13,802	13,583	13,717	13,384	13,843
Wisconsin	883	2,477	5,524	8,299	11,773	12,194	12,515	11,750	11,768	11,963	12,227	12,312	12,866	13,163	13,527	6,149	8,396	11,448	12,900	14,433	14,806	14,897	13,587	13,385	13,398	13,594	13,597	13,953	13,960	14,055
Wyoming	856	2,527	5,577	7,944	15,658	16,535	17,126	17,228	17,135	17,165	17,445	17,796	17,950	17,736	17,919	5,963	8,565	11,559	12,348	19,195	20,076	20,385	19,923	19,490	19,224	19,396	19,655	19,466	18,810	18,618
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	---	---	1,908	2,807	4,468	4,881	4,877	5,154	4,870	5,504	5,120	5,235	5,622	5,146	5,393	---	---	3,953	4,364	5,477	5,927	5,805	5,960	5,539	6,164	5,693	5,782	6,097	5,458	5,603
Guam	820	---	4,234	---	8,264	8,393	9,280	10,112	9,431	9,914	10,120	9,983	9,939	10,201	9,885	5,710	---	8,776	---	10,131	10,191	11,046	11,694	10,727	11,104	11,252	11,025	10,779	10,819	10,271
Northern Marianas	---	---	3,007	5,720	6,397	6,284	8,495	7,068	6,381	6,548	6,921	8,127	9,529	10,115	9,871	---	---	6,232	8,891	7,842	7,630	10,112	8,173	7,258	7,334	7,695	8,975	10,333	10,727	10,256
Puerto Rico	---	---	1,750	3,859	7,329	7,426	8,560	7,798	8,701	8,822	8,025	8,124	7,660	6,855	8,865	---	---	3,626	5,998	8,985	9,016	10,189	9,017	9,897	9,880	8,923	8,972	8,307	7,270	9,211
U.S. Virgin Islands	---	---	6,767	7,238	12,768	14,215	13,014	11,669	10,661	14,372	14,849	15,805	16,117	15,815	18,597	---	---	14,025	11,251	15,652	17,259	15,490	13,494	12,126	16,096	16,511	17,455	17,479	16,772	19,322

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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. For more information about adjusting for differences in the cost of living from state to state, see the American Community Survey Comparable Wage Index for Teachers (ACS-CWIFT) at https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Economic/TeacherWage.

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 2018-19. (This table was prepared September 2021.)