Figure 2. Inflation-adjusted and unadjusted median current expenditures per pupil for public elementary and secondary regular school districts, by year: Fiscal years 2001–2011 |
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NOTE: Current expenditures include instruction, instruction-related, support services, and other elementary/secondary current expenditures, but exclude expenditures on capital outlay, other programs and payments to state and local governments, interest on long-term debt, and payments to private and charter schools. Interschool system transactions are excluded to prevent double counting. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal year 2011, Provisional Version 1a. |