Table 169. | Total and current expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1919-20 to 1996-97 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Expenditure per pupil in | Expenditure per pupil in | average daily attendance | fall enrollment\1\ |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________ School | | Constant 1996-97\2\ | | Constant 1996-97\2\ year | Unadjusted dollars | dollars | Unadjusted dollars | dollars |_______________________|_______________________|_______________________|_______________________ | Total | Current | Total | Current | Total | Current | Total | Current |expenditure|expenditure|expenditure|expenditure|expenditure|expenditure|expenditure|expenditure __________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 __________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 1919-20 ..| $64 | $53 | $533 | $445 | $48 | $40 | $399 | $333 1929-30 ..| 108 | 87 | 1,007 | 805 | 90 | 72 | 834 | 667 1931-32 ..| 97 | 81 | 1,068 | 894 | 82 | 69 | 904 | 757 1933-34 ..| 76 | 67 | 915 | 810 | 65 | 57 | 777 | 688 1935-36 ..| 88 | 74 | 1,017 | 859 | 74 | 63 | 860 | 727 | | | | | | | | 1937-38 ..| 100 | 84 | 1,106 | 930 | 86 | 72 | 949 | 799 1939-40 ..| 106 | 88 | 1,202 | 1,002 | 92 | 76 | 1,042 | 868 1941-42 ..| 110 | 98 | 1,121 | 1,002 | 94 | 84 | 960 | 858 1943-44 ..| 125 | 117 | 1,137 | 1,067 | 105 | 99 | 958 | 899 1945-46 ..| 146 | 136 | 1,271 | 1,188 | 124 | 116 | 1,083 | 1,012 | | | | | | | | 1947-48 ..| 205 | 181 | 1,397 | 1,238 | 179 | 158 | 1,220 | 1,081 1949-50 ..| 260 | 210 | 1,747 | 1,411 | 231 | 187 | 1,550 | 1,252 1951-52 ..| 314 | 246 | 1,901 | 1,488 | 275 | 215 | 1,665 | 1,302 1953-54 ..| 351 | 265 | 2,074 | 1,565 | 312 | 236 | 1,844 | 1,392 1955-56 ..| 387 | 294 | 2,288 | 1,739 | 354 | 269 | 2,091 | 1,590 | | | | | | | | 1957-58 ..| 447 | 341 | 2,490 | 1,898 | 408 | 311 | 2,271 | 1,731 1959-60 ..| 471 | 375 | 2,547 | 2,029 | 440 | 350 | 2,380 | 1,895 1961-62 ..| 517 | 419 | 2,734 | 2,215 | 485 | 393 | 2,565 | 2,079 1963-64 ..| 559 | 460 | 2,879 | 2,372 | 520 | 428 | 2,679 | 2,208 1965-66 ..| 654 | 538 | 3,256 | 2,678 | 607 | 499 | 3,023 | 2,486 | | | | | | | | 1967-68 ..| 786 | 658 | 3,675 | 3,076 | 732 | 612 | 3,418 | 2,861 1969-70 ..| 955 | 816 | 4,017 | 3,433 | 878 | 750 | 3,693 | 3,155 1970-71 ..| 1,049 | 911 | 4,198 | 3,645 | 970 | 842 | 3,880 | 3,368 1971-72 ..| 1,128 | 990 | 4,355 | 3,822 | 1,034 | 907 | 3,994 | 3,504 1972-73 ..| 1,211 | 1,077 | 4,494 | 3,998 | 1,116 | 993 | 4,144 | 3,686 | | | | | | | | 1973-74 ..| 1,364 | 1,207 | 4,648 | 4,114 | 1,244 | 1,101 | 4,240 | 3,753 1974-75 ..| 1,545 | 1,365 | 4,740 | 4,187 | 1,424 | 1,258 | 4,368 | 3,859 1975-76 ..| 1,697 | 1,504 | 4,863 | 4,308 | 1,564 | 1,385 | 4,481 | 3,970 1976-77 ..| 1,816 | 1,638 | 4,917 | 4,434 | 1,673 | 1,509 | 4,531 | 4,085 1977-78 ..| 2,002 | 1,823 | 5,080 | 4,625 | 1,842 | 1,677 | 4,673 | 4,254 | | | | | | | | 1978-79 ..| 2,210 | 2,020 | 5,127 | 4,687 | 2,029 | 1,855 | 4,708 | 4,304 1979-80 ..| 2,491 | 2,272 | 5,098 | 4,650 | 2,290 | 2,089 | 4,687 | 4,275 1980-81 ..|\3\ 2,742 | 2,502 |\3\ 5,031 | 4,589 |\3\ 2,529 | 2,307 |\3\ 4,640 | 4,233 1981-82 ..|\3\ 2,973 | 2,726 |\3\ 5,021 | 4,603 |\3\ 2,754 | 2,525 |\3\ 4,651 | 4,264 1982-83 ..|\3\ 3,203 | 2,955 |\3\ 5,186 | 4,785 |\3\ 2,966 | 2,736 |\3\ 4,802 | 4,430 | | | | | | | | 1983-84 ..|\3\ 3,471 | 3,173 |\3\ 5,419 | 4,954 |\3\ 3,216 | 2,940 |\3\ 5,021 | 4,590 1984-85 ..|\3\ 3,722 | 3,470 |\3\ 5,592 | 5,214 |\3\ 3,456 | 3,222 |\3\ 5,192 | 4,841 1985-86 ..|\3\ 4,020 | 3,756 |\3\ 5,870 | 5,484 |\3\ 3,724 | 3,479 |\3\ 5,439 | 5,081 1986-87 ..|\3\ 4,308 | 3,970 |\3\ 6,154 | 5,672 |\3\ 3,995 | 3,682 |\3\ 5,707 | 5,260 1987-88 ..|\3\ 4,654 | 4,240 |\3\ 6,384 | 5,816 |\3\ 4,310 | 3,927 |\3\ 5,912 | 5,386 | | | | | | | | 1988-89 ..| 5,109 | 4,645 | 6,699 | 6,090 | 4,738 | 4,307 | 6,212 | 5,648 1989-90 ..| 5,550 | 4,980 | 6,946 | 6,232 | 5,174 | 4,643 | 6,476 | 5,810 1990-91 ..| 5,885 | 5,258 | 6,983 | 6,239 | 5,486 | 4,902 | 6,510 | 5,817 1991-92 ..| 6,074 | 5,421 | 6,984 | 6,233 | 5,629 | 5,023 | 6,472 | 5,776 1992-93 ..| 6,281 | 5,584 | 7,003 | 6,225 | 5,804 | 5,160 | 6,471 | 5,753 | | | | | | | | 1993-94 ..| 6,492 | 5,767 | 7,055 | 6,268 | 5,996 | 5,327 | 6,517 | 5,789 1994-95\3\| 6,724 | 5,988 | 7,104 | 6,327 | 6,207 | 5,528 | 6,558 | 5,840 1995-96\3\| 7,024 | 6,255 | 7,224 | 6,434 | 6,484 | 5,774 | 6,669 | 5,939 1996-97\3\| 7,371 | 6,564 | 7,371 | 6,564 | 6,804 | 6,060 | 6,804 | 6,060 __________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ |
\1\Data for 1919-20 to 1953-54 are based on school-year enrollment.
\2\Based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. \3\Estimated. NOTE.--Beginning in 1980-81, state administration expenditures are excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. 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, Statistics of State School Systems; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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