U.S. expenditure per pupil in public schools 1990-2020

During the academic year of 2020, around 17,013 constant 2021-22 U.S. dollars were spent on each pupil in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States. This is an increase from 1990, when 11,487 constant 2021-22 U.S. dollars were spent per pupil.

Total expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1990 to 2020 (in constant 2021-22 U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Expenditure in constant 2020-21 U.S. dollars
2020	17,013
2019	16,743
2018	16,320
2017	16,078
2016	15,741
2015	15,248
2014	14,805
2013	14,669
2012	14,861
2011	15,377
2010	15,788
2009	16,058
2008	15,939
2007	15,545
2006	15,028
2005	14,828
2004	14,587
2003	14,397
2002	14,233
2001	13,806
2000	13,377
1999	12,908
1998	12,449
1997	12,000
1996	11,758
1995	11,637
1994	11,561
1993	11,482
1992	11,481
1991	11,548
1990	11,487

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September 2022

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United States

Survey time period

academic year 1990 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment.
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.
The data exclude other current expenditures, such as community services, private school programs, adult education, and other programs not allocable to expenditures per student at public schools. The data includes instruction, student support services, food services, enterprise operations, capital outlay, and interest on debt.

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