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)
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NCES. (September 30, 2022). 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) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 06, 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 2020 (in constant 2021-22 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/
NCES. (2022). 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). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 06, 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 2020 (in Constant 2021-22 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2022, 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 2020 (in constant 2021-22 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/ (last visited December 06, 2023)
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) [Graph], NCES, September 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/203118/expenditures-per-pupil-in-public-schools-in-the-us-since-1990/