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Table 169.Total and current expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1919-20 to 1996-97

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          |           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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