Expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools U.S. 1970-2021

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Veera Korhonen,
Mar 20, 2025
In the 2021-22 school year, around 75 billion U.S. dollars were spent by private elementary and secondary schools in the United States, an increase from the previous year.

School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1970 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)

YearPublicPrivate
2021* 870 75
2020* 805 69
2019 793.72 68
2018 769.13 67
2017 734.58 64
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
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July 2023

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Survey time period

1970 to 2021

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* 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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