This statistic shows the expenditure on elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1970 to 2017. In the 2017-18 school year, around 64 billion U.S. dollars were spent by private elementary and secondary schools.
School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1960 to 2017
(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. (March 31, 2019). School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1960 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2020, 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 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. (2019). School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1960 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2020. 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 2017 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2019, 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 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/ (last visited March 29, 2020)
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