Total and current expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 to 2001-02

Table 166.

Total and current expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919-20 to 2001-02 cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">

padding-left:4px" >____________________________________________________________________________________________________ per pupil in | Expenditure per pupil in daily attendance | fall enrollment\1\ ___________________|________________________________________________ | Constant 2001-02 | | Constant 2001-02 dollars\2\ |Unadjusted dollar|______________________________ ___________________|_________________| Total |Current |Annual per- Total | Current| Total |Current | expendi-|expendi-|cent change expendi-| expendi-|expendi-|expendi-| ture | ture |in current | ture | ture | ture | | |expenditure _________|_________|________|________|_________|________|___________ 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 _________|_________|________|________|_________|________|___________ $53| $598| $499| $48| $40| $448| $373| --- 87| 1,129| 903| 90| 72| 935| 747| --- 81| 1,197| 1,002| 82| 69| 1,014| 848| --- 67| 1,026| 908| 65| 57| 871| 771| --- 74| 1,140| 963| 74| 63| 964| 815| --- | | | | | | 84| 1,240| 1,043| 86| 72| 1,065| 896| --- 88| 1,348| 1,123| 92| 76| 1,168| 973| --- 98| 1,257| 1,124| 94| 84| 1,077| 962| --- 117| 1,275| 1,196| 105| 99| 1,074| 1,008| --- 136| 1,425| 1,332| 124| 116| 1,214| 1,135| --- | | | | | | 181| 1,567| 1,388| 179| 158| 1,368| 1,212| --- 210| 1,959| 1,583| 231| 187| 1,738| 1,404| --- 246| 2,132| 1,668| 275| 215| 1,867| 1,461| --- 265| 2,326| 1,755| 312| 236| 2,068| 1,560| --- 294| 2,565| 1,950| 354| 269| 2,345| 1,783| --- | | | | | | 341| 2,792| 2,129| 408| 311| 2,546| 1,941| --- 375| 2,856| 2,275| 440| 350| 2,668| 2,125| --- 419| 3,066| 2,484| 485| 393| 2,877| 2,331| --- 460| 3,228| 2,660| 520| 428| 3,004| 2,475| --- 538| 3,651| 3,003| 607| 499| 3,390| 2,788| --- | | | | | | 658| 4,121| 3,449| 732| 612| 3,833| 3,209| --- 816| 4,505| 3,849| 879| 751| 4,147| 3,544| --- 911| 4,707| 4,087| 970| 842| 4,352| 3,778| 6.6 990| 4,884| 4,286| 1,034| 908| 4,479| 3,931| 4.0 5,039| 4,483| 1,117| 993| 4,648| 4,135| 5.2 | | | | | | 5,213| 4,614| 1,244| 1,101| 4,753| 4,207| 1.7 5,315| 4,695| 1,423| 1,257| 4,896| 4,325| 2.8 5,454| 4,831| 1,563| 1,385| 5,022| 4,449| 2.9 5,514| 4,972| 1,674| 1,509| 5,081| 4,581| 3.0 5,697| 5,186| 1,842| 1,677| 5,240| 4,770| 4.1 | | | | | | 5,749| 5,256| 2,029| 1,855| 5,279| 4,827| 1.2 5,717| 5,214| 2,290| 2,088| 5,255| 4,794| -0.7 5,146|\3\2,529| 2,307|\3\ 5,203| 4,746| -1.0 5,161|\3\2,754| 2,525|\3\ 5,215| 4,781| 0.7 5,365|\3\2,966| 2,736|\3\ 5,385| 4,968| 3.9 | | | | | | 5,556|\3\3,216| 2,940|\3\ 5,630| 5,147| 3.6 5,847|\3\3,456| 3,222|\3\ 5,822| 5,429| 5.5 6,150|\3\3,724| 3,479|\3\ 6,099| 5,698| 5.0 6,360|\3\3,995| 3,682|\3\ 6,400| 5,898| 3.5 6,522|\3\4,310| 3,927|\3\ 6,630| 6,040| 2.4 | | | | | | 7,512| 6,829| 4,738| 4,307| 6,966| 6,333| 4.8 7,789| 6,988| 5,174| 4,643| 7,262| 6,515| 2.9 7,830| 6,996| 5,486| 4,902| 7,300| 6,522| 0.1 7,832| 6,989| 5,629| 5,023| 7,257| 6,476| -0.7 7,853| 6,981| 5,804| 5,160| 7,257| 6,451| -0.4 | | | | | | 7,912| 7,029| 5,996| 5,327| 7,307| 6,492| 0.6 7,967| 7,095| 6,208| 5,529| 7,355| 6,550| 0.9 8,029| 7,090| 6,443| 5,689| 7,431| 6,562| 0.2 8,186| 7,169| 6,764| 5,923| 7,585| 6,642| 1.2 8,487| 7,354| 7,142| 6,189| 7,868| 6,819| 2.7 | | | | | | 8,792| 7,595| 7,533| 6,508| 8,158| 7,048| 3.4 9,044| 7,782| 8,033| 6,912| 8,455| 7,276| 3.2 9,360| 8,037| 8,589| 7,376| 8,742| 7,507| 3.2 9,553| 8,203| 8,922| 7,661| 8,922| 7,661| 2.1 _________|_________|________|________|_________|________|___________

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\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; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2000-01; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2013. (This table was prepared August 2003.)

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