Table 236.55.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected school years, 1919-20 through 2019-20

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment
	Unadjusted dollars1			Constant 2021-22 dollars2			Unadjusted dollars1				Constant 2021-22 dollars2
	Total expenditure3		Current expenditure	Total expenditure3		Current expenditure	Total expenditure3		Current expenditure		Total expenditure3		Current expenditure		Annual percent change in current expenditure
1	2		3	4		5	6		7		8		9		10
1919-204	$64		$53	$946		$789	$48		$40		$708		$591		---
1929-304	108		87	1,787		1,428	90		72		1,480		1,183		---
1931-324	97		81	1,895		1,586	82		69		1,604		1,343		---
1933-344	76		67	1,623		1,437	65		57		1,379		1,221		---
1935-364	88		74	1,805		1,525	74		63		1,526		1,290		---
1937-384	100		84	1,963		1,651	86		72		1,685		1,417		---
1939-404	106		88	2,134		1,778	92		76		1,849		1,541		---
1941-424	110		98	1,990		1,778	94		84		1,704		1,523		---
1943-444	125		117	2,018		1,893	105		99		1,700		1,595		---
1945-464	146		136	2,255		2,109	124		116		1,921		1,796		---
1947-484	205		181	2,480		2,197	179		158		2,165		1,918		---
1949-504	260		210	3,101		2,505	231		187		2,751		2,223		---
1951-524	314		246	3,374		2,640	275		215		2,955		2,312		---
1953-544	351		265	3,681		2,777	312		236		3,273		2,470		---
1955-56	387		294	4,060		3,087	354		269		3,712		2,822		---
1957-58	447		341	4,419		3,369	408		311		4,030		3,072		---
1959-60	471		375	4,521		3,601	440		350		4,223		3,364		---
1961-62	517		419	4,852		3,931	485		393		4,553		3,689		---
1963-64	559		460	5,109		4,209	520		428		4,755		3,918		---
1965-66	654		538	5,779		4,753	607		499		5,365		4,412		---
1967-68	786		658	6,522		5,459	732		612		6,067		5,078		---
1969-70	955		816	7,130		6,092	879		751		6,564		5,608		---
1970-71	1,049		911	7,451		6,468	970		842		6,888		5,980		6.6
1971-72	1,128		990	7,730		6,783	1,034		908		7,089		6,221		4.0
1972-73	1,211		1,077	7,976		7,095	1,117		993		7,357		6,544		5.2
1973-74	1,364		1,207	8,250		7,302	1,244		1,101		7,523		6,658		1.7
1974-75	1,545		1,365	8,412		7,430	1,423		1,257		7,749		6,845		2.8
1975-76	1,697		1,504	8,631		7,646	1,563		1,385		7,948		7,041		2.9
1976-77	1,816		1,638	8,727		7,869	1,674		1,509		8,042		7,251		3.0
1977-78	2,002		1,823	9,016		8,208	1,842		1,677		8,293		7,549		4.1
1978-79	2,210		2,020	9,099		8,319	2,029		1,855		8,355		7,639		1.2
1979-80	2,491		2,272	9,048		8,253	2,290		2,088		8,318		7,587		-0.7
1980-81	2,742	5	2,502	8,928	5	8,145	2,529	5	2,307		8,235	5	7,512		-1.0
1981-82	2,973	5	2,726	8,911	5	8,168	2,754	5	2,525		8,254	5	7,567		0.7
1982-83	3,203	5	2,955	9,205	5	8,492	2,966	5	2,736		8,523	5	7,863		3.9
1983-84	3,471	5	3,173	9,618	5	8,793	3,216	5	2,940		8,910	5	8,146		3.6
1984-85	3,722	5	3,470	9,924	5	9,254	3,456	5	3,222		9,215	5	8,592		5.5
1985-86	4,020	5	3,756	10,418	5	9,733	3,724	5	3,479		9,652	5	9,018		5.0
1986-87	4,308	5	3,970	10,923	5	10,067	3,995	5	3,682		10,129	5	9,335		3.5
1987-88	4,654	5	4,240	11,331	5	10,323	4,310	5	3,927		10,493	5	9,560		2.4
1988-89	5,108		4,645	11,886		10,809	4,737		4,307		11,022		10,023		4.8
1989-90	5,547		4,980	12,320		11,060	5,172		4,643		11,487		10,312		2.9
1990-91	5,882		5,258	12,387		11,073	5,484		4,902		11,548		10,323		0.1
1991-92	6,072		5,421	12,391		11,062	5,626		5,023		11,481		10,250		-0.7
1992-93	6,279		5,584	12,425		11,049	5,802		5,160		11,482		10,210		-0.4
1993-94	6,489		5,767	12,516		11,124	5,994		5,327		11,561		10,275		0.6
1994-95	6,723		5,989	12,606		11,230	6,206		5,529		11,637		10,367		0.9
1995-96	6,959		6,147	12,704		11,221	6,441		5,689		11,758		10,385		0.2
1996-97	7,297		6,393	12,951		11,346	6,761		5,923		12,000		10,513		1.2
1997-98	7,701		6,676	13,427		11,640	7,139		6,189		12,449		10,792		2.7
1998-99	8,115		7,013	13,910		12,021	7,531		6,508		12,908		11,155		3.4
1999-2000	8,589		7,394	14,308		12,317	8,030		6,912		13,377		11,515		3.2
2000-01	9,180		7,904	14,786		12,731	8,572		7,380		13,806		11,887		3.2
2001-02	9,611		8,259	15,212		13,071	8,993		7,727		14,233		12,230		2.9
2002-03	9,950		8,610	15,409		13,334	9,296		8,044		14,397		12,458		1.9
2003-04	10,308		8,900	15,621		13,488	9,625		8,310		14,587		12,595		1.1
2004-05	10,779		9,316	15,858		13,706	10,078		8,711		14,828		12,816		1.8
2005-06	11,338		9,778	16,069		13,858	10,603		9,145		15,028		12,961		1.1
2006-07	12,015		10,336	16,599		14,279	11,252		9,679		15,545		13,372		3.2
2007-08	12,759		10,982	16,998		14,630	11,965		10,298		15,939		13,719		2.6
2008-09	13,033		11,239	17,123		14,766	12,222		10,540		16,058		13,847		0.9
2009-10	13,035		11,427	16,962		14,869	12,133		10,636		15,788		13,840		-0.1
2010-11	12,926		11,433	16,488		14,585	12,054		10,663		15,377		13,601		-1.7
2011-12	12,796		11,362	15,858		14,081	11,991		10,648		14,861		13,196		-3.0
2012-13	12,859		11,509	15,675		14,030	12,033		10,771		14,669		13,130		-0.5
2013-14	13,174		11,819	15,813		14,187	12,335		11,066		14,805		13,283		1.2
2014-15	13,668		12,224	16,286		14,567	12,796		11,445		15,248		13,638		2.7
2015-16	14,171		12,619	16,773		14,936	13,299		11,842		15,741		14,017		2.8
2016-17	14,777		13,096	17,174		15,221	13,834		12,260		16,078		14,249		1.7
2017-18	15,377		13,545	17,477		15,396	14,359		12,649		16,320		14,377		0.9
2018-19	16,146		14,165	17,980		15,774	15,036	6	13,189	6	16,743	6	14,686	6	2.2
2019-20	16,585		14,420	18,183		15,810	15,518	6	13,489	6	17,013	6	14,789	6	0.7

---Not available.

1Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.

2Constant 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.

3Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per student at public schools.

4Enrollment data for 1919-20 to 1953-54 are based on school-year enrollment.

5Estimated.

6Excludes prekindergarten expenditures and prekindergarten enrollment for California.

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 2019-20. (This table was prepared September 2022.)