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)
* 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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NCES. (July 31, 2023). School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1970 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. "School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1970 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. (2023). School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1970 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. "School Expenditure on Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools in The United States from 1970 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES, School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1970 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
School expenditure on public and private elementary and secondary schools in the United States from 1970 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], NCES, July 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184228/expenditures-for-public-and-private-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
