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Table 167. Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools:
Selected years, 1919-20 through 2003-04
Expenditure per pupil in average
daily attendance Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment\1\
Constant 2005-06 Unadjusted
Unadjusted dollars dollars\2\ dollars Constant 2005-06 dollars\2\
Annual per-
Total Current Total Current Total Current Total Current cent change
expendi- expendi- expendi- expendi- expendi- expendi- expendi- expendi- in current
School year ture\3\ ture ture\3\ ture ture\3\ ture ture\3\ ture expenditure
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1919-20 ............
$64 $53 $668 $557 $48 $40 $500 $417 ---
1929-30 ............
108 87 1,261 1,008 90 72 1,044 835 ---
1931-32 .............
97 81 1,337 1,119 82 69 1,132 947 ---
1933-34 .............
76 67 1,145 1,014 65 57 973 862 ---
1935-36 ............
88 74 1,274 1,076 74 63 1,077 910 ---

1937-38 ...... 100 84 1,385 1,165 86 72 1,189 1,000 ---

1939-40 ........ 106 88 1,506 1,254 92 76 1,305 1,087 ---
1941-42 ..........110 98 1,404 1,255 94 84 1,202 1,074 ---
1943-44 ....... 125 117 1,424 1,336 105 99 1,200 1,126 ---
1945-46 ........ 146 136 1,591 1,488 124 116 1,356 1,268 ---

1947-48 ......... 205 181 1,750 1,550 179 158 1,528 1,353 ---
1949-50 ......... 260 210 2,188 1,767 231 187 1,941 1,568 ---
1951-52 ........ 314 246 2,381 1,863 275 215 2,085 1,631 ---
1953-54 ........ 351 265 2,597 1,960 312 236 2,310 1,743 ---
1955-56 ......... 387 294 2,865 2,178 354 269 2,619 1,991 ---

1957-58 ........ 447 341 3,118 2,377 408 311 2,843 2,168 ---
1959-60 ......... 471 375 3,190 2,541 440 350 2,980 2,373 ---
1961-62 ........ 517 419 3,424 2,774 485 393 3,212 2,603 ---
1963-64 ........ 559 460 3,605 2,970 520 428 3,355 2,764 ---
1965-66 ........ 654 538 4,077 3,353 607 499 3,786 3,113 ---

1967-68 ......... 786 658 4,602 3,852 732 612 4,281 3,583 ---
1969-70 ......... 955 816 5,031 4,298 879 751 4,631 3,957 ---
1970-71 ............
1,049 911 5,257 4,564 970 842 4,860 4,219 6.6
1971-72 ........1,128 990 5,454 4,786 1,034 908 5,002 4,389 4.0
1972-73 .............
1,211 1,077 5,627 5,006 1,117 993 5,191 4,618 5.2

1973-74 ........1,364 1,207 5,821 5,152 1,244 1,101 5,308 4,698 1.7
1974-75 ............
1,545 1,365 5,935 5,243 1,423 1,257 5,468 4,830 2.8
1975-76 .........
1,697 1,504 6,090 5,395 1,563 1,385 5,608 4,968 2.9
1976-77 .........
1,816 1,638 6,158 5,552 1,674 1,509 5,674 5,116 3.0
1977-78 ............
2,002 1,823 6,362 5,791 1,842 1,677 5,851 5,326 4.1

1978-79 ............
2,210 2,020 6,420 5,869 2,029 1,855 5,895 5,390 1.2
1979-80 ............
2,491 2,272 6,384 5,823 2,290 2,088 5,869 5,353 -0.7
1980-81 ............
2,742 \4\ 2,502 6,300 \4\ 5,747 2,529 \4\ 2,307 5,810 \4\ 5,301 -1.0
1981-82 ............
2,973 \4\ 2,726 6,287 \4\ 5,763 2,754 \4\ 2,525 5,824 \4\ 5,339 0.7
1982-83 ............
3,203 \4\ 2,955 6,495 \4\ 5,992 2,966 \4\ 2,736 6,014 \4\ 5,548 3.9

1983-84 ............
3,471 \4\ 3,173 6,787 \4\ 6,204 3,216 \4\ 2,940 6,287 \4\ 5,747 3.6
1984-85 ............
3,722 \4\ 3,470 7,002 \4\ 6,529 3,456 \4\ 3,222 6,502 \4\ 6,062 5.5
1985-86 .............
4,020 \4\ 3,756 7,351 \4\ 6,868 3,724 \4\ 3,479 6,810 \4\ 6,363 5.0
1986-87 ............
4,308 \4\ 3,970 7,707 \4\ 7,103 3,995 \4\ 3,682 7,147 \4\ 6,587 3.5
1987-88 ............
4,654 \4\ 4,240 7,995 \4\ 7,284 4,310 \4\ 3,927 7,404 \4\ 6,745 2.4

1988-89 ............
5,109 4,645 8,389 7,626 4,738 4,307 7,780 7,072 4.8
1989-90 ............
5,550 4,980 8,698 7,804 5,174 4,643 8,109 7,276 2.9
1990-91 ............
5,885 5,258 8,744 7,813 5,486 4,902 8,153 7,284 0.1
1991-92 ............
6,074 5,421 8,746 7,805 5,629 5,023 8,104 7,232 -0.7
1992-93 ............
6,281 5,584 8,770 7,796 5,804 5,160 8,104 7,204 -0.4

1993-94 ............
6,492 5,767 8,835 7,849 5,996 5,327 8,160 7,250 0.6
1994-95 ........6,725
.... 5,989 8,897 7,924 6,208 5,529 8,214 7,315 0.9
1995-96 ............
6,962 6,147 8,966 7,917 6,443 5,689 8,299 7,328 0.2
1996-97 ............
7,300 6,393 9,141 8,005 6,764 5,923 8,470 7,418 1.2
1997-98 ............
7,703 6,676 9,477 8,213 7,142 6,189 8,787 7,615 2.7

1998-99 .................
8,118 7,013 9,818 8,482 7,533 6,508 9,111 7,871 3.4
1999-2000 ...........
8,592 7,394 10,099 8,691 8,033 6,912 9,442 8,125 3.2
2000-01 .........…...
9,183 7,904 10,436 8,982 8,575 7,380 9,745 8,387 3.2
2001-02 ...........
9,614 8,259 10,736 9,223 8,996 7,727 10,046 8,629 2.9
2002-03 ........9,952
.... 8,610 10,875 9,408 9,299 8,044 10,161 8,790 1.9
2003-04 ........
10,302
.... 8,899 11,016 9,516 9,620 8,310 10,286 8,886 1.1
---Not available.
\1\Data for 1919-20 to 1953-54 are based on school-year enrollment.
\2\Constant dollars 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\Excludes "Other current expenditures," such as community services, private school programs, adult
education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per student at public schools.
\4\Estimated.
NOTE: Beginning in 1980-81, state administration expenditures are excluded from both "total" and
"current" expenditures. Current expenditures include instruction, student support services, food
services, and enterprise operations. Total expenditures include current expenditures, capital
outlay, and interest on debt. 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, Biennial Survey of
Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1955-56; Statistics of State School Systems, 1957-58
through 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1970-71
through 1986-87; Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88
through 2003-04. (This table was prepared August 2006.)

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