In the academic year of 2021, about 2.73 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 2021
(in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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NCES. (September 30, 2023). Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, 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 2021 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/
NCES. (2023). Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2025. 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 2021 (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2023, 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 2021 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/ (last visited May 04, 2025)
Expenditure on textbooks in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in the academic years of 2006 to 2021 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], NCES, September 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/
