In the 2019-20 school year, around 70 billion U.S. dollars were spent by private elementary and secondary schools in the United States. This is an increase from the previous year, when 67 billion U.S. dollars were spent.
School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1960 to 2019
(in billion U.S. dollars)
* Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on teacher and enrollment data, and actual expenditures for prior years.
Year presented here is a school year. e.g. 2014 represent school year 2014-2015.
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NCES. (April 30, 2021). School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1960 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. "School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1960 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. (2021). School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1960 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. "School Expenditure on Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools in The United States from 1960 to 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES, School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1960 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/ (last visited May 25, 2022)
