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Table 170  Total and current expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: 1919-20 to 1998-99

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          |           Expenditure per pupil in            |          Expenditure per pupil in
          |           average daily attendance            |             fall enrollment\1\
          |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________
  School  |                       |  Constant 1998-99     |                       |  Constant 1998-99
   year   |   Unadjusted dollars  |      dollars\2\       |  Unadjusted dollars   |       dollars\2\
          |_______________________|_______________________|_______________________|_______________________
          |   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 |      $552 |      $460 |       $48 |       $40 |      $413 |      $345
1929-30 ..|       108 |        87 |     1,043 |       833 |        90 |        72 |       864 |       690
1931-32 ..|        97 |        81 |     1,106 |       925 |        82 |        69 |       936 |       783
1933-34 ..|        76 |        67 |       947 |       839 |        65 |        57 |       805 |       712
1935-36 ..|        88 |        74 |     1,053 |       890 |        74 |        63 |       891 |       752
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1937-38 ..|       100 |        84 |     1,145 |       963 |        86 |        72 |       983 |       827
1939-40 ..|       106 |        88 |     1,245 |     1,037 |        92 |        76 |     1,079 |       899
1941-42 ..|       110 |        98 |     1,161 |     1,038 |        94 |        84 |       994 |       888
1943-44 ..|       125 |       117 |     1,177 |     1,105 |       105 |        99 |       992 |       931
1945-46 ..|       146 |       136 |     1,316 |     1,230 |       124 |       116 |     1,121 |     1,048
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1947-48 ..|       205 |       181 |     1,447 |     1,282 |       179 |       158 |     1,263 |     1,119
1949-50 ..|       260 |       210 |     1,809 |     1,461 |       231 |       187 |     1,605 |     1,297
1951-52 ..|       314 |       246 |     1,969 |     1,540 |       275 |       215 |     1,724 |     1,349
1953-54 ..|       351 |       265 |     2,147 |     1,620 |       312 |       236 |     1,910 |     1,441
1955-56 ..|       387 |       294 |     2,369 |     1,801 |       354 |       269 |     2,165 |     1,646
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1957-58 ..|       447 |       341 |     2,578 |     1,966 |       408 |       311 |     2,351 |     1,793
1959-60 ..|       471 |       375 |     2,638 |     2,101 |       440 |       350 |     2,464 |     1,962
1961-62 ..|       517 |       419 |     2,831 |     2,294 |       485 |       393 |     2,656 |     2,152
1963-64 ..|       559 |       460 |     2,981 |     2,456 |       520 |       428 |     2,774 |     2,286
1965-66 ..|       654 |       538 |     3,372 |     2,773 |       607 |       499 |     3,130 |     2,574
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1967-68 ..|       786 |       658 |     3,805 |     3,185 |       732 |       612 |     3,540 |     2,963
1969-70 ..|       955 |       816 |     4,160 |     3,554 |       879 |       751 |     3,830 |     3,272
1970-71 ..|     1,049 |       911 |     4,347 |     3,774 |       970 |       842 |     4,019 |     3,489
1971-72 ..|     1,128 |       990 |     4,510 |     3,957 |     1,034 |       908 |     4,136 |     3,629
1972-73 ..|     1,211 |     1,077 |     4,653 |     4,139 |     1,117 |       993 |     4,292 |     3,818
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1973-74 ..|     1,364 |     1,207 |     4,813 |     4,260 |     1,244 |     1,101 |     4,389 |     3,885
1974-75 ..|     1,545 |     1,365 |     4,908 |     4,335 |     1,423 |     1,257 |     4,521 |     3,994
1975-76 ..|     1,697 |     1,504 |     5,036 |     4,461 |     1,563 |     1,385 |     4,637 |     4,108
1976-77 ..|     1,816 |     1,638 |     5,092 |     4,591 |     1,674 |     1,509 |     4,692 |     4,230
1977-78 ..|     2,002 |     1,823 |     5,260 |     4,789 |     1,842 |     1,677 |     4,838 |     4,404
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1978-79 ..|     2,210 |     2,020 |     5,308 |     4,853 |     2,029 |     1,855 |     4,875 |     4,457
1979-80 ..|     2,491 |     2,272 |     5,279 |     4,815 |     2,290 |     2,088 |     4,853 |     4,426
1980-81 ..|\3\  2,742 |     2,502 |\3\  5,209 |     4,752 |\3\  2,529 |     2,307 |\3\  4,805 |     4,383
1981-82 ..|\3\  2,973 |     2,726 |\3\  5,199 |     4,766 |\3\  2,754 |     2,525 |\3\  4,816 |     4,415
1982-83 ..|\3\  3,203 |     2,955 |\3\  5,370 |     4,954 |\3\  2,966 |     2,736 |\3\  4,973 |     4,587
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1983-84 ..|\3\  3,471 |     3,173 |\3\  5,612 |     5,130 |\3\  3,216 |     2,940 |\3\  5,199 |     4,752
1984-85 ..|\3\  3,722 |     3,470 |\3\  5,790 |     5,399 |\3\  3,456 |     3,222 |\3\  5,376 |     5,013
1985-86 ..|\3\  4,020 |     3,756 |\3\  6,078 |     5,679 |\3\  3,724 |     3,479 |\3\  5,631 |     5,261
1986-87 ..|\3\  4,308 |     3,970 |\3\  6,373 |     5,873 |\3\  3,995 |     3,682 |\3\  5,909 |     5,446
1987-88 ..|\3\  4,654 |     4,240 |\3\  6,611 |     6,023 |\3\  4,310 |     3,927 |\3\  6,122 |     5,577
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1988-89 ..|     5,109 |     4,645 |     6,937 |     6,306 |     4,738 |     4,307 |     6,433 |     5,848
1989-90 ..|     5,550 |     4,980 |     7,192 |     6,453 |     5,174 |     4,643 |     6,705 |     6,016
1990-91 ..|     5,885 |     5,258 |     7,231 |     6,460 |     5,486 |     4,902 |     6,741 |     6,023
1991-92 ..|     6,074 |     5,421 |     7,232 |     6,454 |     5,629 |     5,023 |     6,701 |     5,980
1992-93 ..|     6,281 |     5,584 |     7,252 |     6,446 |     5,804 |     5,160 |     6,701 |     5,957
          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
1993-94 ..|     6,492 |     5,767 |     7,305 |     6,490 |     5,996 |     5,327 |     6,748 |     5,995
1994-95 ..|     6,725 |     5,989 |     7,357 |     6,552 |     6,208 |     5,529 |     6,792 |     6,048
1995-96 ..|     6,962 |     6,147 |     7,414 |     6,546 |     6,443 |     5,689 |     6,862 |     6,059
1996-97 ..|     7,299 |     6,392 |     7,558 |     6,619 |     6,763 |     5,923 |     7,003 |     6,133
1997-98\3\|     7,601 |     6,657 |     7,733 |     6,772 |     7,043 |     6,168 |     7,165 |     6,275
1998-99\3\|     7,896 |     6,915 |     7,896 |     6,915 |     7,316 |     6,407 |     7,316 |     6,407
__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________

\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 1999.)


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