School expenditure on elementary and secondary schools U.S. 2020

In the 2020-21 school year, around 69 billion U.S. dollars were spent by private elementary and secondary schools in the United States, the same as the previous year.

School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1970 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Year	Public	Private
2020*	807	69
2019*	797	69
2018*	769	67
2017	734.88	64.1
2016	706.82	61.8
2015	677.61	59.3
2014	651.14	55
2013	625.02	50.8
2012	606.81	48.2
2011	601.99	46.8
2010	604.36	48
2009	607.02	47.4
2008	610.33	48.6
2007	597.31	49.1
2006	562.2	46.3
2005	528.27	43.4
2004	499.57	41.4
2003	474.24	39.3
2002	454.91	37.9
2001	435.36	36.7
2000	410.81	34
1999	381.84	30.7
1998	355.84	28.8
1997	334.32	27.3
1996	313.15	25.8
1995	293.65	24.4
1994	279	23.2
1993	265.31	22.1
1992	252.94	21.5
1991	241.06	20.7
1990	229.43	19.8
1989	212.77	18.4
1988	192.98	16.4
1987	172.7	15.3
1986	160.9	14.3
1985	148.6	13.2
1984	137	12.4
1983	127.5	11.5
1982	118.43	10.3
1981	111.19	9.3
1980	104.13	8.2
1979	95.96	7.2
1978	86.71	6.3
1977	80.84	5.7
1976	74.19	5
1975	70.6	4.5
1974	64.85	4
1973	56.97	3.4
1972	51.85	3.1
1971	48.05	2.9
1970	45.5	2.7

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1970 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* 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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