In the academic year of 2020, about 2.56 billion U.S. dollars were spent by public elementary and secondary schools on textbooks in the United States. This is a decrease from 2006, when about 2.78 billion U.S. dollars were spent on textbooks.
Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2020
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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NCES. (December 31, 2022). Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/
NCES. "Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/
NCES. (2022). Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/
NCES. "Expenditure on Textbooks in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in The United States in The Academic Years of 2006 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/
NCES, Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2020 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], NCES, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/