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Mobile Digest of Education Statistics, 2017

Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

Expenditures

After an increase of 37 percent during the 1980s, current expenditures per pupil in public schools fluctuated during the early 1990s. Current expenditures per pupil increased 25 percent between 1994–95 and 2005–06. In 2014–15, the current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment was $11,734 (in 2016–17 dollars), about 5 percent higher than in 2005–06.

Table 33. Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public schools: Selected years, 1979–80 through 2014–15

	Total expenditure1		Current expenditure
Year	Unadjusted dollars	Constant 2016–17 dollars2	Unadjusted dollars	Constant 2016–17 dollars2
1979–80	$2,290	$7,157	$2,088	$6,528
1989–90	5,172	9,883	4,643	8,873
1994–95	6,206	10,012	5,529	8,919
1999–2000	8,030	11,510	6,912	9,908
2005–06	10,603	12,930	9,145	11,151
2007–08	11,965	13,714	10,298	11,804
2008–09	12,222	13,816	10,540	11,914
2009–10	12,133	13,584	10,636	11,908
2010–11	12,054	13,230	10,663	11,703
2011–12	11,991	12,786	10,648	11,354
2012–13	12,033	12,621	10,771	11,297
2013–14	12,335	12,739	11,066	11,429
2014–15	12,796	13,119	11,445	11,734

¹ Includes current expenditures, capital outlay, and interest on school debt.
² Constant 2016–17 dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

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