During the academic year of 2019, around 15,621 constant 2020-21 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 10,718 constant 2020-21 U.S. dollars were spent per pupil.
Total expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1990 to 2019 (in constant 2020-21 U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Elementary schools in the U.S.
Student enrollment
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- Basic Statistic School enrollment in public and private institutions in the U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic Enrollment in public and private elementary schools 1960-2021
- Premium Statistic Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools U.S. 2020, by state
- Basic Statistic Primary and secondary school enrollment rates in the U.S. in 2020, by age group
- Basic Statistic U.S. public school enrollment numbers 2000-2020, by ethnicity
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Teachers
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- Basic Statistic Teachers in elementary and secondary schools U.S. 1955-2030
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- Basic Statistic Teachers in public schools - average salary 2021
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Revenue and expenditure
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- Basic Statistic Revenue of public elementary and secondary schools U.S. 1980-2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. public schools - average expenditure per pupil 1980-2019
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- Basic Statistic U.S. public school expenditure by state as a percentage of GDP 2018
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- Premium Statistic U.S. national school lunch program: participants by cost bracket FY 1996-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. national school lunch program: participants, by state 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. national school lunch program: share of free or reduced lunches FY 1996-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. national school lunch program: federal costs FY 1996-2020
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- Students in enrolled in public middle school in Nigeria 2018, by zone and area
- Global educational building costs by select city 2019
- Number of primary and middle schools with rock climbing walls in China 2012-2018
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- Number of charter schools in the U.S. 2001-2020
- Number of magnet schools in the U.S. 2001-2020
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- Share of U.S. school teachers 2007/08, by certification and school type
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- Number of charter schools in the U.S. 2001-2020
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NCES. (September 30, 2021). Total expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1990 to 2019 (in constant 2020-21 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/
NCES. "Total expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1990 to 2019 (in constant 2020-21 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/
NCES. (2021). Total expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1990 to 2019 (in constant 2020-21 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/
NCES. "Total Expenditure per Pupil in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in The United States from 1990 to 2019 (in Constant 2020-21 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/
NCES, Total expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1990 to 2019 (in constant 2020-21 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Total expenditure per pupil in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1990 to 2019 (in constant 2020-21 U.S. dollars) [Graph], NCES, September 30, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/