In the academic year 2020 to 2021, the revenue for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States totaled to about 837.34 billion U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the previous academic year, when revenues totaled around 794.47 billion U.S. dollars.
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Revenue of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from the academic years 1980 to 2021
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Revenue in billion U.S. dollars
2020-21
837.34
2019-20
794.47
2018-19
770.91
2017-18
734.69
2016-17
704.84
2015-16
677.22
2014-15
647.68
2013-14
623.65
2012-13
603.77
2011-12
597.89
2010-11
604.23
2009-10
596.39
2008-09
592.42
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NCES. (August 31, 2023). Revenue of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from the academic years 1980 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185120/receipts-of-public-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. "Revenue of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from the academic years 1980 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185120/receipts-of-public-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. (2023). Revenue of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from the academic years 1980 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185120/receipts-of-public-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES. "Revenue of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in The United States from The Academic Years 1980 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185120/receipts-of-public-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
NCES, Revenue of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from the academic years 1980 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185120/receipts-of-public-elementary-and-secondary-schools/ (last visited June 14, 2025)
Revenue of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States from the academic years 1980 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], NCES, August 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185120/receipts-of-public-elementary-and-secondary-schools/
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