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                      Item                       | 1869-70  |1879-80| 1889-90|1899-1900| 1909-10|1919-20 |1929-30 |1939-40 |1949-50 |  1959-60  |  1969-70  |  1979-80   |  1989-90    |    1990-91  |    1992-93  |    1993-94
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   Population, pupils, and instructional staff   |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
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Total population,\1\ in thousands ...............|   38,558 |50,156 | 62,622 |  75,995 | 90,490 |104,514 |121,767 |130,880 |149,199 |   179,323 |   201,385 |    224,567 |     246,819 |     249,402 |     255,028 |     257,783
Population aged 5-17 years,\1\ in thousands .....|   11,683 |15,066 | 18,473 |  21,573 | 24,011 | 27,571 | 31,414 | 30,151 | 30,223 |    43,881 |    52,386 |     48,041 |      44,947 |      45,306 |      46,662 |      47,419
Percent of total population 5-17 ................|     30.3 |  30.0 |   29.5 |    28.4 |   26.5 |   26.4 |   25.8 |   23.0 |   20.3 |      24.5 |      26.0 |       21.4 |        18.2 |        18.2 |        18.3 |        18.4
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Total enrollment in elementary and secondary     |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
 schools, in thousands\2\ .......................|\3\ 7,562 | 9,867 | 12,723 |  15,503 | 17,814 | 21,578 | 25,678 | 25,434 | 25,112 |    36,087 |    45,550 |     41,651 |      40,543 |      41,217 |      42,823 |      43,465
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  Kindergarten and grades 1-8, in thousands .....|\3\ 7,481 | 9,757 | 12,520 |  14,984 | 16,899 | 19,378 | 21,279 | 18,833 | 19,387 |    27,602 |    32,513 |     28,034 |      29,152 |      29,878 |      31,088 |      31,504
  Grades 9-12, in thousands .....................|\3\    80 |   110 |    203 |     519 |    915 |  2,200 |  4,399 |  6,601 |  5,725 |     8,485 |    13,037 |     13,616 |      11,390 |      11,338 |      11,735 |      11,961
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Enrollment as a percent of total population .....|\3\  19.6 |  19.7 |   20.3 |    20.4 |   19.7 |   20.6 |   21.1 |   19.4 |   16.8 |      20.1 |      22.6 |       18.5 |        16.4 |        16.5 |        16.8 |        16.9
Enrollment as a percent of 5- to 17-year-olds ...|\3\  64.7 |  65.5 |   68.9 |    71.9 |   74.2 |   78.3 |   81.7 |   84.4 |   83.1 |      82.2 |      87.0 |       86.7 |        90.2 |        91.0 |        91.8 |        91.7
Percent of total enrollment in high schools      |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
 (grades 9-12 and postgraduate) .................|\3\   1.1 |   1.1 |    1.6 |     3.3 |    5.1 |   10.2 |   17.1 |   26.0 |   22.8 |      23.5 |      28.6 |       32.7 |        28.1 |        27.5 |        27.4 |        27.5
High school graduates, in thousands .............|      --- |   --- |     22 |      62 |    111 |    231 |    592 |  1,143 |  1,063 |     1,627 |     2,589 |      2,748 |       2,320 |       2,235 |       2,233 |       2,221
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Average daily attendance, in thousands ..........|    4,077 | 6,144 |  8,154 |  10,633 | 12,827 | 16,150 | 21,265 | 22,042 | 22,284 |    32,477 |    41,934 |     38,289 |      37,799 |      38,427 |      39,570 |      40,146
Total number of days attended by pupils          |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
 enrolled, in millions ..........................|      539 |   801 |  1,098 |   1,535 |  2,011 |  2,615 |  3,673 |  3,858 |  3,964 |     5,782 |     7,501 |\4\   6,835 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
Percent of enrolled pupils attending daily ......|     59.3 |  62.3 |   64.1 |    68.6 |   72.1 |   74.8 |   82.8 |   86.7 |   88.7 |      90.0 |      90.4 |\4\    90.1 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
Average length of school term, in days ..........|    132.2 | 130.3 |  134.7 |   144.3 |  157.5 |  161.9 |  172.7 |  175.0 |  177.9 |     178.0 |     178.9 |\4\   178.5 |         --- |       179.8 |         --- |         ---
Average number of days attended per pupil .......|     78.4 |  81.1 |   86.3 |    99.0 |    113 |  121.2 |    143 |  151.7 |  157.9 |     160.2 |     161.7 |\4\   160.8 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
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Total instructional staff, in thousands .........|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    678 |    880 |    912 |    963 |     1,457 |     2,286 |      2,406 |       2,986 |       3,051 |       3,140 |       3,209
  Supervisors, in thousands .....................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |      7 |      7 |      5 |    --- |       --- |       --- |        --- |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
  Principals, in thousands ......................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |     14 |     31 |     32 |     43 |        64 |        91 |        106 |         126 |         127 |         122 |         121
  Teachers, librarians, and other nonsupervisory |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
   instructional staff,\5\ in thousands .........|      201 |   287 |    364 |     423 |    523 |    657 |    843 |    875 |    920 |     1,393 |     2,195 |      2,300 |       2,860 |       2,924 |       3,017 |       3,088
    Men, in thousands ...........................|       78 |   123 |    126 |     127 |    110 |     93 |    140 |    195 |    196 |\4\    404 |\4\    711 |\4\     782 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
    Women, in thousands .........................|      123 |   164 |    238 |     296 |    413 |    585 |    703 |    681 |    724 |\4\    989 |\4\  1,484 |\4\   1,518 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
    Percent men .................................|     38.7 |  42.8 |   34.5 |    29.9 |   21.1 |   14.1 |   16.6 |   22.2 |   21.3 |\4\   29.0 |\4\   32.4 |\4\    34.0 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
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                     Finance                     |                                           Amounts in millions of current dollars
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Total revenue receipts ..........................|       ---|   --- |   $143 |    $220 |   $433 |   $970 | $2,089 | $2,261 | $5,437 |   $14,747 |   $40,267 |    $96,881 |    $208,548 |    $223,341 |    $247,626 |    $260,142
  Federal government ............................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |      2 |      7 |     40 |    156 |       652 |     3,220 |      9,504 |      12,701 |      13,776 |      17,261 |      18,336
  State governments .............................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    160 |    354 |    684 |  2,166 |     5,768 |    16,063 |     45,349 |      98,239 |     105,325 |     113,403 |     117,462
  Local sources, including intermediate .........|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    808 |  1,728 |  1,536 |  3,116 |     8,327 |    20,985 |     42,029 |      97,608 |     104,240 |     116,961 |     124,344
Percent of revenue receipts from                 |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
  Federal government ............................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    0.3 |    0.4 |    1.8 |    2.9 |       4.4 |       8.0 |        9.8 |         6.1 |         6.2 |         7.0 |         7.0
  State governments .............................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |   16.5 |   16.9 |   30.3 |   39.8 |      39.1 |      39.9 |       46.8 |        47.1 |        47.2 |        45.8 |        45.2
  Local sources, including intermediate .........|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |   83.2 |   82.7 |   68.0 |   57.3 |      56.5 |      52.1 |       43.4 |        46.8 |        46.7 |        47.2 |        47.8
Total expenditures for public schools ...........|      $63 |   $78 |   $141 |    $215 |   $426 | $1,036 | $2,317 | $2,344 | $5,838 |   $15,613 |   $40,683 |    $95,962 |    $212,473 |    $229,430 |    $252,935 |    $265,285
  Current expenditures\6\ .......................|       ---|   --- |    114 |     180 |    356 |    861 |  1,844 |  1,942 |  4,687 |\7\ 12,329 |\7\ 34,218 |\7\  86,984 |\7\  187,933 |\7\  202,038 |\7\  220,948 |\7\  231,521
  Capital outlay\8\ .............................|       ---|   --- |     26 |      35 |     70 |    154 |    371 |    258 |  1,014 |     2,662 |     4,659 |      6,506 |      17,781 |      19,771 |      22,172 |      23,747
  Interest on school debt .......................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |     18 |     93 |    131 |    101 |       490 |     1,171 |      1,874 |       3,776 |       4,325 |       5,437 |       5,335
  Other current expenditures\9\ .................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |      3 |     10 |     13 |     36 |       133 |       636 |\10\    598 |       2,983 |       3,296 |       4,379 |       4,682
Percent of total expenditures devoted to:        |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
  Current expenditures\6\ .......................|       ---|   --- |   81.3 |    83.5 |   83.6 |   83.1 |   79.6 |   82.8 |   80.3 |\7\   79.0 |\7\   84.1 |\7\    90.6 |\7\     88.5 |\7\     88.1 |\7\     87.4 |\7\     87.3
  Capital outlay\8\ .............................|       ---|   --- |   18.7 |    16.5 |   16.4 |   14.8 |   16.0 |   11.0 |   17.4 |      17.0 |      11.5 |        6.8 |         8.4 |         8.6 |         8.8 |         9.0
  Interest on school debt .......................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    1.8 |    4.0 |    5.6 |    1.7 |       3.1 |       2.9 |        2.0 |         1.8 |         1.9 |         2.1 |         2.0
  Other current expenditures\9\ .................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    0.3 |    0.4 |    0.6 |    0.6 |       0.8 |       1.6 |\10\    0.6 |         1.4 |         1.4 |         1.7 |         1.8
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                                                 |                  |        |         |         Amounts in current dollars
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Annual salary of instructional staff\11\ ........|     $189 |  $195 |   $252 |    $325 |   $485 |   $871 | $1,420 | $1,441 | $3,010 |    $5,174 |    $9,047 |\12\$16,715 |\12\ $32,638 |\12\ $34,412 |\12\ $36,454 |\12\ $37,383
Personal income per member of labor force\1\ ....|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    --- |  1,634 |  1,356 |  3,400 |     5,756 |     9,639 |     19,528 |      36,242 |      38,398 |      41,456 |      42,793
Total school expenditures per capita of total    |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
 population .....................................|     1.59 |  1.56 |   2.23 |    2.83 |   4.71 |   9.91 |  19.03 |  17.91 |     39 |        87 |       202 |        427 |         861 |         920 |         992 |       1,029
National income\1\ per capita ...................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    --- |    667 |    587 |  1,520 |     2,289 |     3,977 |      9,143 |      17,673 |      18,492 |      19,413 |      20,150
Current expenditure\6,13\ per pupil in A.D.A.\14\|       ---|   --- |  13.99 |   16.67 |  27.85 |  53.32 |  86.70 |  88.09 |    210 |       375 |       816 |      2,272 |       4,972 |       5,258 |       5,584 |       5,767
Total expenditure\15\ per pupil in A.D.A. .......|    15.55 | 12.71 |  17.23 |   20.21 |  33.23 |  64.16 | 108.49 | 105.74 |    260 |       471 |       955 |      2,491 |       5,542 |       5,885 |       6,281 |       6,491
National income per pupil in A.D.A. .............|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    --- |  3,845 |  3,502 | 10,312 |    12,637 |    19,099 |     53,626 |     115,402 |     120,019 |     125,114 |     129,386
Current expenditure per day\16\ per pupil in     |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
 A.D.A.\6\ ......................................|       ---|   --- |   0.10 |    0.12 |   0.18 |   0.33 |   0.50 |   0.50 |   1.17 |      2.11 |      4.56 |      12.73 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
Total expenditure per day per pupil in A.D.A. ...|     0.12 |  0.10 |   0.13 |    0.14 |   0.21 |   0.40 |   0.63 |   0.60 |   1.46 |      2.65 |      5.34 |      13.95 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
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                                                 |                                             Amounts in constant 1993-94 dollars
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Annual salary of instructional staff\11\ ........|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  | $6,682 |$12,130 |$15,077 |$18,584 |   $25,747 |   $35,019 |\12\$31,482 |\12\ $37,584 |\12\ $37,573 |\12\ $37,398 |\12\ $37,383
Personal income per member of labor force\1\ ....|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    --- | 13,958 | 14,187 | 20,991 |    28,641 |    37,310 |     36,780 |      41,735 |      41,925 |      42,530 |      42,793
Total school expenditures per capita of total    |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
 population .....................................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |     76 |    163 |    187 |    242 |       433 |       782 |        805 |         991 |       1,004 |       1,017 |       1,029
National income\1\ per capita ...................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    --- |  5,698 |  6,142 |  9,384 |    11,389 |    15,394 |     17,221 |      20,352 |      20,190 |      19,916 |      20,150
Current expenditure\6,13\ per pupil in A.D.A.\14\|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    409 |    741 |    922 |  1,297 |     1,867 |     3,158 |      4,279 |       5,725 |       5,741 |       5,728 |       5,767
Total expenditure\15\ per pupil in A.D.A. .......|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    492 |    927 |  1,106 |  1,607 |     2,344 |     3,697 |      4,692 |       6,382 |       6,425 |       6,444 |       6,491
National income per pupil in A.D.A. .............|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |    --- | 32,845 | 36,641 | 63,665 |    62,883 |    73,927 |    101,002 |     132,890 |     131,042 |     128,354 |     129,386
Current expenditure per day\16\ per pupil in     |          |       |        |         |        |        |        |        |        |           |           |            |             |             |             |
 A.D.A.\6\ ......................................|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |   2.53 |   4.27 |   5.23 |   7.22 |     10.50 |     17.65 |      23.98 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
Total expenditure per day per pupil in A.D.A. ...|       ---|   --- |   ---  |   ---   |   ---  |   2.81 |   4.93 |   5.75 |   8.26 |     12.08 |     18.93 |      24.06 |         --- |         --- |         --- |         ---
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1 Data on population and labor force are from the Bureau of the Census, and data on personal income and national income are from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. Population data through 1900 are based on total population from the decennial census. From 1909-10 to 1959-60, population data are total population, including armed forces overseas, as of July 1. Data for later years are for resident population that excludes armed forces overseas.

2 Data for 1869-70 through 1959-60 are school year enrollment. Data for later years are fall enrollment.

3 Data for 1870-71.

4 Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics.

5 Prior to 1919-20, data are for the number of different persons employed rather than number of positions.

6 Prior to 1919-20, includes interest on school debt.

7 Because of the modification of the scope of "current expenditures for elementary and secondary schools," data for 1959-60 and later years are not entirely comparable with prior years.

8 Beginning in 1969-70, includes capital outlay by state and local school building authorities.

9 Includes summer schools, community colleges, and adult education. Beginning in 1959-60, also includes community services, formerly classified with "current expenditures for elementary and secondary schools."

10 Excludes community colleges and adult education.

11 Average includes supervisors, principals, teachers, and other nonsupervisory instructional staff.

12 Estimated by the National Education Association.

13 Excludes current expenditures not allocable to pupil costs.

14 "ADA" means average daily attendance in elementary and secondary schools.

15 The expenditure figure used here is the sum of current expenditures allocable to pupil costs, capital outlay, and interest on school debt.

16 Per-day rates derived by dividing annual rates by average length of term.

---Data not collected.

NOTE.--Kindergarten enrollment includes a relatively small number of nursery school pupils. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Beginning in 1959-60, data include Alaska and Hawaii.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, FY 1980; Common Core of Data surveys; and Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Report of the President. (This table was prepared August 1996.)