Table 167.

Total and current expenditures per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1919–20 through 2003–04

School year	Expenditure per pupil in average daily attendance						Expenditure per pupil in fall enrollment1
	Unadjusted dollars			Constant 2005–06 dollars2			Unadjusted dollars			Constant 2005–06 dollars2
	Total expenditure3		Current expenditure	Total expenditure3		Current expenditure	Total expenditure3		Current expenditure	Total expenditure3		Current expenditure	Annual percent change in current 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; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987–88 through 2003–04. (This table was prepared August 2006.)