Table
34.-Current expenditures and current expenditures per pupil in average
daily attendance (ADA) in public elementary and secondary schools, with
alternative projections: 1985-86 to 2010-11 |
Year
ending |
ADA (in thousands) |
Current
expenditures |
Constant
1999-2000 dollars1 |
Current
dollars |
Total
(in billions) |
Per
pupil in ADA |
Total
(in billions) |
Per
pupil in ADA |
1986
|
36,523
|
$213.4
|
$5,843
|
$137.2
|
$3,756 |
1987
|
36,864
|
222.7
|
6,042
|
146.4
|
3,970 |
1988
|
37,051
|
229.5
|
6,195
|
157.1
|
4,240 |
1989
|
37,268
|
241.8
|
6,489
|
173.1
|
4,645 |
1990
|
37,799
|
251.0
|
6,640
|
188.2
|
4,980 |
1991
|
38,427
|
255.4
|
6,646
|
202.0
|
5,258 |
1992
|
38,961
|
258.7
|
6,640
|
211.2
|
5,421 |
1993
|
39,570
|
262.5
|
6,633
|
220.9
|
5,584 |
1994
|
40,146
|
268.0
|
6,676
|
231.5
|
5,767 |
1995
|
40,721
|
274.5
|
6,740
|
243.9
|
5,989 |
1996
|
41,502
|
279.5
|
6,734
|
255.1
|
6,147 |
1997
|
42,262
|
287.8
|
6,810
|
270.2
|
6,393 |
1998
|
42,766
|
298.7
|
6,985
|
285.5
|
6,675 |
1999
|
43,187
|
311.6
|
7,216
|
302.9
|
7,013 |
|
Middle alternative projections |
2000
|
43,433
|
314.3
|
7,237
|
314.3
|
7,237 |
2001
|
43,613
|
324.6
|
7,443
|
334.5
|
7,670 |
2002
|
43,763
|
336.3
|
7,684
|
353.5
|
8,077 |
2003
|
43,898
|
344.2
|
7,842
|
367.8
|
8,378 |
2004
|
43,966
|
356.3
|
8,105
|
387.2
|
8,807 |
2005
|
44,024
|
367.0
|
8,337
|
406.4
|
9,232 |
2006
|
44,063
|
375.9
|
8,532
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2007
|
44,043
|
385.7
|
8,758
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2008
|
43,964
|
393.0
|
8,939
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2009
|
43,831
|
399.8
|
9,120
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2010
|
43,730
|
408.6
|
9,344
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2011
|
43,687
|
418.3
|
9,575
|
(2)
|
(2) |
|
Low alternative projections |
2000
|
43,433
|
314.3
|
7,237
|
314.3
|
7,237 |
2001
|
43,613
|
324.3
|
7,437
|
334.2
|
7,663 |
2002
|
43,763
|
334.0
|
7,633
|
351.0
|
8,021 |
2003
|
43,898
|
339.3
|
7,730
|
362.3
|
8,253 |
2004
|
43,966
|
350.0
|
7,961
|
380.4
|
8,652 |
2005
|
44,024
|
360.8
|
8,196
|
399.8
|
9,082 |
2006
|
44,063
|
368.8
|
8,370
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2007
|
44,043
|
376.3
|
8,545
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2008
|
43,964
|
381.4
|
8,676
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2009
|
43,831
|
386.6
|
8,820
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2010
|
43,730
|
394.0
|
9,011
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2011
|
43,687
|
402.4
|
9,211
|
(2)
|
(2) |
|
High alternative projections |
2000
|
43,433
|
314.3
|
7,237
|
314.3
|
7,237 |
2001
|
43,613
|
327.4
|
7,508
|
337.4
|
7,736 |
2002
|
43,763
|
344.9
|
7,880
|
362.6
|
8,285 |
2003
|
43,898
|
353.1
|
8,044
|
378.7
|
8,627 |
2004
|
43,966
|
366.0
|
8,325
|
400.6
|
9,112 |
2005
|
44,024
|
376.1
|
8,544
|
420.0
|
9,540 |
2006
|
44,063
|
384.4
|
8,725
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2007
|
44,043
|
395.4
|
8,978
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2008
|
43,964
|
403.9
|
9,188
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2009
|
43,831
|
412.2
|
9,404
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2010
|
43,730
|
423.3
|
9,681
|
(2)
|
(2) |
2011
|
43,687
|
435.9
|
9,979
|
(2)
|
(2) |
1Based
on the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
U.S. Department of Labor.
2Projections in current dollars are not shown after 2005 due
to the uncertain behavior of inflation over the long term.
NOTE: Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. Some data have been
revised from previously published figures. Mean absolute percentage errors
of selected education statistics can be found in table A2.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Common Core of Data survey; Elementary and Secondary Average Daily Attendance
Model; Elementary and Secondary School Current Expenditures Model; and
National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics. (Latest
edition 2001. Copyright 2001 by the National Education Association. All
rights reserved.) (This table was prepared May 2001.) |
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