Total Per Pupil Spending Growth, 1988-89 to 2006-07,Colorado vs. National Average

UNADJUSTEDDOLLARSADJUSTED 2007DOLLARSANNUAL PERCENTCHANGESchool Year NationalAvgColoradoNationalAvgColoradoNationalAvgColorado

1988-89 $4,799 $4,687 $8,024 $8,148 n/a n/a1989-90 $5,246 $5,012 $8,322 $8,560 3.7% 5.1%1990-91 $5,564 $5,332 $8,470 $8,722 1.8% 1.9%1991-92 $5,731 $5,470 $8,470 $8,612 0.0% -1.3%1992-93 $5,904 $5,785 $8,472 $8,783 0.0% 2.0%1993-94 $6,102 $5,837 $8,537 $8,505 0.8% -3.2%1994-95 $6,324 $6,039 $8,604 $8,428 0.8% -0.9%1995-96 $6,546 $6,306 $8,650 $8,438 0.5% 0.1%1996-97 $6,864 $6,590 $8,867 $8,520 2.5% 1.0%1997-98 $7,246 $6,843 $9,217 $8,564 3.9% 0.5%1998-99 $7,643 $7,187 $9,512 $8,784 3.2% 2.6%1999-00 $8,146 $7,712 $9,808 $9,160 3.1% 4.3%2000-01 $8,699 $7,896 $10,184 $9,017 3.8% -1.6%2001-02 $9,128 $8,403 $10,520 $9,167 3.3% 1.7%2002-03 $9,441 $8,917 $10,639 $9,546 1.1% 4.1%2003-04 $9,625 $8,999 $10,565 $9,528 -0.7% -0.2%2004-05 $10,069 $9,420 $10,690 $9,964 1.2% 4.6%2005-06 $10,615 $9,897 $10,917 $10,253 2.1% 2.9%2006-07 $11,405 $10,160 $11,405 $10,160 4.5% -0.9%

TOTALCHANGE$6,606$5,473$3,381$2,01242.1%24.7%

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Core of Common Data, http://nces.ed.gov/ccd National inflation adjustments made using the Consumer Price Index inflation calculator Colorado inflation adjustments made using the Denver-Boulder-Greeley Inflation Rate

Note:

Total expenditures includes all money spent on K-12 education from all sources - local,state, and federal