Current expenditures per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected school years, 1969-70 through 2020-21

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Table 236.70.Current expenditures per pupil in average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected school years, 1969-70 through 2020-21
State or jurisdiction	Unadjusted dollars¹															Constant 2022-23 dollars²
State or jurisdiction	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20³	2020-21³	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1999-2000	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20³	2020-21³
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	$11,433	$11,362	$11,509	$11,819	$12,224	$12,619	$13,096	$13,545	$14,165	$14,427	$15,362	$6,474	$8,770	$11,753	$13,088	$15,498	$14,963	$14,909	$15,075	$15,479	$15,871	$16,174	$16,360	$16,761	$16,808	$17,495
Alabama	544	1,612	3,327	5,758	9,296	8,927	9,486	9,543	9,690	9,870	10,161	10,374	10,846	10,893	11,330	4,316	6,222	7,853	10,194	12,601	11,756	12,288	12,172	12,270	12,414	12,549	12,529	12,833	12,691	12,903
Alaska	1,123	4,728	8,431	9,668	18,352	19,134	19,982	20,254	22,161	19,242	19,550	19,498	20,088	20,195	21,495	8,906	18,250	19,899	17,115	24,876	25,198	25,885	25,833	28,060	24,201	24,145	23,550	23,770	23,528	24,479
Arizona	720	1,971	4,053	5,478	8,646	8,224	8,388	8,278	8,426	8,572	8,867	9,057	9,650	9,628	10,856	5,713	7,608	9,566	9,698	11,719	10,831	10,865	10,559	10,669	10,781	10,951	10,940	11,418	11,217	12,363
Arkansas	568	1,574	3,485	5,628	10,332	10,397	9,853	10,622	10,756	10,837	10,968	11,226	11,458	11,257	12,257	4,503	6,078	8,225	9,963	14,005	13,691	12,763	13,548	13,620	13,630	13,546	13,558	13,558	13,115	13,959
California	867	2,268	4,391	6,401	9,540	9,608	9,686	10,094	10,924	11,937	12,730	13,263	14,588	14,466	15,084	6,880	8,754	10,363	11,330	12,932	12,653	12,547	12,874	13,832	15,014	15,722	16,019	17,262	16,853	17,178

Colorado	738	2,421	4,720	6,702	9,709	9,415	9,572	9,924	10,349	10,619	10,946	11,304	12,465	13,087	14,340	5,854	9,345	11,141	11,864	13,161	12,399	12,400	12,657	13,104	13,356	13,518	13,653	14,749	15,247	16,331
Connecticut	951	2,420	7,837	10,122	16,932	17,472	17,859	19,029	19,731	20,380	20,731	20,964	21,964	21,693	23,380	7,547	9,342	18,497	17,918	22,951	23,010	23,134	24,270	24,984	25,632	25,603	25,320	25,990	25,274	26,626
Delaware	900	2,861	5,799	8,809	13,228	14,253	14,129	14,203	14,556	15,150	15,824	16,292	16,595	17,563	16,322	7,141	11,045	13,686	15,593	17,931	18,770	18,302	18,115	18,431	19,055	19,543	19,678	19,636	20,462	18,588
District of Columbia	1,018	3,259	8,955	11,935	21,304	20,399	20,333	21,629	21,362	22,340	23,632	25,381	25,674	26,050	28,678	8,079	12,581	21,135	21,127	28,877	26,864	26,339	27,586	27,048	28,098	29,186	30,655	30,379	30,349	32,659
Florida	732	1,889	4,997	6,383	9,394	8,825	8,925	9,189	9,295	9,337	9,571	10,072	10,184	10,660	11,163	5,810	7,292	11,795	11,299	12,733	11,622	11,562	11,720	11,770	11,744	11,820	12,165	12,051	12,420	12,713

Georgia	588	1,625	4,275	6,903	9,577	9,492	9,437	9,529	9,809	10,185	10,722	11,259	11,635	12,026	12,874	4,664	6,274	10,089	12,220	12,982	12,500	12,224	12,154	12,420	12,810	13,242	13,598	13,767	14,011	14,661
Hawaii	841	2,322	4,448	7,090	12,603	12,735	12,585	13,219	13,849	14,728	15,325	16,237	17,269	17,736	18,148	6,668	8,963	10,499	12,551	17,083	16,772	16,302	16,860	17,535	18,523	18,926	19,611	20,434	20,664	20,668
Idaho	603	1,659	3,078	5,644	7,155	7,041	7,273	7,215	7,409	7,642	8,024	8,359	8,726	8,838	9,172	4,786	6,405	7,264	9,991	9,699	9,273	9,421	9,202	9,381	9,612	9,909	10,096	10,326	10,296	10,445
Illinois	909	2,587	5,118	8,084	13,180	13,459	13,808	14,682	15,473	15,909	17,332	17,693	18,208	19,058	20,755	7,215	9,985	12,079	14,310	17,866	17,725	17,887	18,726	19,592	20,009	21,405	21,369	21,545	22,203	23,637
Indiana	728	1,882	4,606	7,652	9,924	10,220	10,037	10,078	10,202	10,368	10,472	10,758	11,028	11,516	12,868	5,776	7,267	10,872	13,546	13,452	13,459	13,001	12,854	12,918	13,040	12,933	12,994	13,049	13,417	14,654

Iowa	844	2,326	4,453	6,925	10,565	10,748	10,915	11,359	11,698	11,846	12,167	12,596	12,907	13,255	14,236	6,697	8,981	10,509	12,259	14,321	14,154	14,139	14,487	14,812	14,899	15,026	15,213	15,272	15,443	16,213
Kansas	771	2,173	4,752	6,962	10,700	10,712	10,789	11,180	11,106	10,815	11,159	12,003	12,295	12,844	14,281	6,117	8,388	11,215	12,325	14,504	14,107	13,976	14,260	14,062	13,603	13,782	14,497	14,548	14,964	16,263
Kentucky	545	1,701	3,745	6,784	10,469	10,700	10,269	10,248	10,659	10,912	11,193	12,574	12,784	13,284	13,369	4,325	6,567	8,839	12,010	14,191	14,092	13,302	13,071	13,496	13,724	13,824	15,187	15,127	15,476	15,225
Louisiana	648	1,792	3,903	6,256	11,500	11,352	11,118	11,415	11,697	11,775	12,050	12,354	12,512	12,384	14,182	5,141	6,918	9,213	11,074	15,588	14,949	14,402	14,559	14,811	14,810	14,882	14,922	14,806	14,428	16,151
Maine	692	1,824	5,373	8,247	14,406	14,000	14,347	14,926	15,839	16,060	16,103	16,655	17,419	17,790	20,340	5,494	7,039	12,681	14,599	19,527	18,438	18,584	19,038	20,055	20,200	19,887	20,116	20,612	20,726	23,164

Maryland	918	2,598	6,275	8,273	14,876	14,746	15,010	15,109	15,403	15,478	15,982	16,452	16,932	17,218	18,512	7,285	10,029	14,811	14,645	20,165	19,419	19,444	19,271	19,504	19,467	19,739	19,871	20,036	20,060	21,082
Massachusetts	859	2,819	6,237	9,375	15,334	15,607	16,111	16,646	17,311	18,026	18,853	19,409	20,299	20,852	22,875	6,815	10,883	14,721	16,596	20,785	20,554	20,869	21,231	21,919	22,672	23,284	23,442	24,019	24,293	26,050
Michigan	904	2,640	5,546	8,886	11,560	11,462	11,495	11,678	12,048	12,243	12,448	12,895	13,315	13,621	14,699	7,171	10,192	13,091	15,730	15,670	15,094	14,890	14,894	15,256	15,399	15,374	15,574	15,755	15,869	16,740
Minnesota	904	2,387	4,971	7,499	11,368	11,424	11,754	12,140	12,707	13,169	13,496	13,834	14,250	14,440	15,556	7,169	9,214	11,731	13,275	15,410	15,045	15,226	15,484	16,089	16,563	16,668	16,709	16,862	16,823	17,716
Mississippi	501	1,664	3,094	5,356	8,436	8,623	8,685	8,926	9,129	9,380	9,467	9,680	10,071	10,303	11,065	3,973	6,423	7,302	9,480	11,435	11,356	11,250	11,384	11,560	11,798	11,692	11,692	11,917	12,003	12,601

Missouri	709	1,936	4,507	6,764	10,348	10,370	10,555	10,764	11,079	11,233	11,527	11,962	12,305	12,293	13,461	5,621	7,474	10,637	11,974	14,026	13,656	13,672	13,729	14,029	14,129	14,236	14,447	14,560	14,322	15,330
Montana	782	2,476	4,736	6,990	11,599	11,290	11,493	11,840	11,999	12,379	12,489	12,743	13,068	13,221	14,002	6,203	9,560	11,179	12,374	15,722	14,868	14,887	15,101	15,193	15,569	15,424	15,391	15,463	15,403	15,946
Nebraska	736	2,150	4,842	7,360	12,324	12,114	12,374	12,502	12,825	13,700	14,062	14,426	14,246	14,456	15,527	5,842	8,299	11,427	13,028	16,705	15,953	16,029	15,946	16,239	17,231	17,367	17,424	16,857	16,842	17,682
Nevada	769	2,088	4,117	6,148	9,035	8,677	8,525	8,734	8,939	9,233	9,620	9,521	9,776	10,097	10,945	6,104	8,061	9,717	10,883	12,247	11,427	11,043	11,140	11,319	11,613	11,881	11,500	11,567	11,763	12,465
New Hampshire	723	1,916	5,304	7,082	13,964	14,215	14,463	15,013	15,380	15,934	16,360	16,977	17,491	17,817	19,189	5,736	7,396	12,518	12,538	18,928	18,720	18,735	19,148	19,474	20,041	20,205	20,505	20,697	20,757	21,853

New Jersey	1,016	3,191	8,139	10,903	17,654	18,197	19,020	19,282	19,296	20,055	20,735	21,473	22,505	22,434	24,145	8,062	12,320	19,210	19,300	23,930	23,965	24,638	24,594	24,433	25,224	25,608	25,936	26,629	26,137	27,497
New Mexico	707	2,034	3,515	5,835	9,356	9,069	9,230	9,546	9,891	9,954	9,978	10,005	10,543	11,911	11,746	5,609	7,851	8,296	10,329	12,682	11,943	11,957	12,176	12,524	12,520	12,323	12,084	12,475	13,877	13,377
New York	1,327	3,462	8,062	10,957	20,517	20,881	21,172	22,048	22,771	23,678	24,480	25,415	26,727	26,994	28,535	10,526	13,365	19,027	19,396	27,810	27,499	27,426	28,121	28,834	29,780	30,234	30,696	31,625	31,450	32,497
North Carolina	612	1,754	4,290	6,505	8,943	8,828	9,041	8,948	9,245	9,347	9,708	10,039	10,589	10,562	11,620	4,858	6,772	10,126	11,515	12,122	11,626	11,712	11,412	11,707	11,757	11,990	12,125	12,529	12,305	13,233
North Dakota	690	1,920	4,189	6,078	11,356	11,643	12,090	12,952	13,552	14,002	14,443	14,409	14,792	14,966	16,100	5,471	7,413	9,887	10,760	15,393	15,333	15,661	16,519	17,160	17,611	17,838	17,403	17,503	17,436	18,335

Ohio	730	2,075	5,045	7,816	12,484	12,271	12,284	12,447	12,285	12,488	13,019	13,403	14,021	14,198	14,821	5,791	8,009	11,906	13,837	16,922	16,160	15,913	15,875	15,556	15,706	16,079	16,189	16,591	16,542	16,879
Oklahoma	604	1,926	3,508	5,770	8,165	8,281	8,450	8,526	8,633	8,624	8,469	8,769	9,828	10,013	10,823	4,796	7,437	8,279	10,214	11,068	10,906	10,946	10,874	10,931	10,847	10,459	10,591	11,629	11,666	12,326
Oregon	925	2,692	5,474	8,129	10,497	10,386	10,370	10,739	11,356	11,856	12,320	13,066	13,685	13,935	15,697	7,336	10,391	12,920	14,390	14,229	13,678	13,433	13,697	14,379	14,911	15,215	15,781	16,193	16,235	17,876
Pennsylvania	882	2,535	6,228	8,380	14,072	13,973	14,378	14,789	15,405	15,997	16,828	17,465	18,076	18,363	19,251	6,995	9,785	14,699	14,835	19,075	18,402	18,625	18,862	19,506	20,121	20,783	21,094	21,388	21,393	21,924
Rhode Island	891	2,601	6,368	9,646	16,346	16,498	16,187	16,702	17,151	17,332	17,929	18,256	18,981	19,168	20,970	7,070	10,041	15,029	17,076	22,157	21,726	20,968	21,302	21,717	21,799	22,143	22,049	22,459	22,331	23,881

South Carolina	613	1,752	4,082	6,545	9,735	9,823	10,200	10,408	10,670	10,910	11,312	11,953	12,197	12,389	13,098	4,859	6,763	9,634	11,587	13,196	12,936	13,213	13,275	13,511	13,722	13,971	14,437	14,432	14,434	14,916
South Dakota	690	1,908	3,731	6,037	9,431	9,095	9,138	9,539	9,637	9,897	10,905	10,940	11,453	11,151	11,969	5,473	7,364	8,806	10,686	12,784	11,978	11,836	12,166	12,202	12,448	13,468	13,213	13,553	12,992	13,631
Tennessee	566	1,635	3,664	5,837	9,146	9,235	9,370	9,431	9,549	9,719	10,106	10,462	10,885	10,788	10,946	4,491	6,313	8,647	10,333	12,397	12,162	12,137	12,029	12,092	12,224	12,481	12,636	12,880	12,568	12,466
Texas	624	1,916	4,150	6,771	9,418	8,862	8,951	9,273	9,789	10,067	10,264	10,416	10,680	11,286	11,888	4,952	7,395	9,796	11,987	12,767	11,671	11,595	11,827	12,395	12,662	12,677	12,580	12,638	13,149	13,538
Utah	626	1,657	2,764	4,692	6,851	6,787	7,023	7,156	7,375	7,659	7,892	8,315	8,751	9,026	9,783	4,968	6,395	6,523	8,307	9,286	8,938	9,097	9,127	9,338	9,633	9,746	10,043	10,355	10,516	11,141

Vermont	807	1,997	6,227	8,799	16,661	17,575	18,372	19,032	19,793	20,196	20,540	21,706	23,031	24,203	27,427	6,404	7,709	14,696	15,577	22,584	23,145	23,798	24,274	25,063	25,402	25,368	26,216	27,251	28,197	31,235
Virginia	708	1,970	4,672	6,491	11,123	11,385	11,748	11,716	11,810	12,022	12,535	12,784	13,203	13,552	14,659	5,615	7,605	11,026	11,491	15,077	14,993	15,218	14,944	14,954	15,120	15,480	15,441	15,623	15,788	16,694
Washington	915	2,568	4,702	6,914	10,402	10,413	10,553	11,199	11,648	12,533	13,099	14,212	15,831	16,174	17,165	7,262	9,914	11,098	12,239	14,101	13,713	13,670	14,284	14,749	15,763	16,178	17,165	18,732	18,843	19,548
West Virginia	670	1,920	4,360	7,637	12,505	11,982	11,665	11,800	12,414	12,299	12,649	12,620	13,324	13,672	14,237	5,315	7,413	10,292	13,519	16,950	15,779	15,111	15,050	15,718	15,469	15,622	15,243	15,765	15,929	16,214
Wisconsin	883	2,477	5,524	8,299	12,515	11,750	11,768	11,963	12,227	12,312	12,866	13,163	13,527	13,750	15,149	7,003	9,561	13,037	14,690	16,965	15,474	15,244	15,258	15,482	15,485	15,890	15,898	16,006	16,019	17,253
Wyoming	856	2,527	5,577	7,944	17,126	17,228	17,135	17,165	17,445	17,796	17,950	17,736	17,919	18,016	20,129	6,791	9,754	13,164	14,063	23,215	22,688	22,196	21,893	22,089	22,383	22,169	21,421	21,203	20,989	22,923

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	---	---	1,908	2,807	4,877	5,154	4,870	5,504	5,120	5,235	5,622	5,146	5,393	5,594	5,510	---	---	4,502	4,969	6,611	6,788	6,308	7,020	6,484	6,584	6,944	6,216	6,381	6,517	6,275
Guam	820	---	4,234	---	9,280	10,112	9,431	9,914	10,120	9,983	9,939	10,201	9,885	11,227	13,251	6,503	---	9,994	---	12,580	13,317	12,217	12,645	12,815	12,556	12,275	12,321	11,696	13,081	15,091
Northern Marianas	---	---	3,007	5,720	8,495	7,068	6,381	6,548	6,921	8,127	9,529	10,115	9,871	9,199	10,618	---	---	7,098	10,126	11,516	9,307	8,266	8,352	8,763	10,221	11,768	12,217	11,680	10,717	12,092
Puerto Rico	---	---	1,750	3,859	8,560	7,798	8,701	8,822	8,025	8,124	7,660	6,768	8,865	7,665	8,242	---	---	4,130	6,831	11,603	10,269	11,272	11,252	10,162	10,218	9,460	8,174	10,490	8,930	9,386
U.S. Virgin Islands	---	---	6,767	7,238	13,014	11,669	10,661	14,372	14,849	15,805	16,117	15,815	18,537	25,566	21,398	---	---	15,972	12,813	17,641	15,367	13,809	18,331	18,803	19,878	19,905	19,101	21,935	29,786	24,369
---Not available.
¹Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.
²Constant 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.
³Includes current expenditures from funds authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act of 2021, and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021. Due to the lag between when the funds were appropriated and when local education agencies (LEAs) began making expenditures from those funds, only a small portion of the total amounts allocated to LEAs were expended during 2019-20. In 2020-21, expenditures from these funds contributed to a large increase in current expenditures in several states.
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 2020-21. (This table was prepared September 2023.)

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