Total Per Pupil Spending Growth, 1988-89 to 2007-08,

Colorado vs. National Average

UNADJUSTED ADJUSTED 2008 ANNUAL PERCENT
DOLLARS DOLLARS CHANGE
School National National National
Year Avg Colorado Avg Colorado Avg Colorado
1988-89 $4,799 $4,687 $8,333 $8,496 n/a n/a
1989-90 $5,246 $5,012 $8,642 $8,702 3.7% 2.4%
1990-91 $5,564 $5,332 $8,795 $8,911 1.8% 2.4%
1991-92 $5,731 $5,470 $8,795 $8,812 0.0% -1.1%
1992-93 $5,904 $5,785 $8,797 $8,942 0.0% 1.5%
1993-94 $6,102 $5,837 $8,865 $8,640 0.8% -3.4%
1994-95 $6,324 $6,039 $8,934 $8,571 0.8% -0.8%
1995-96 $6,546 $6,306 $8,983 $8,646 0.5% 0.9%
1996-97 $6,864 $6,590 $9,208 $8,749 2.5% 1.2%
1997-98 $7,246 $6,843 $9,571 $8,872 3.9% 1.4%
1998-99 $7,643 $7,187 $9,877 $9,055 3.2% 2.1%
1999-00 $8,146 $7,712 $10,185 $9,346 3.1% 3.2%
2000-01 $8,699 $7,896 $10,576 $9,142 3.8% -2.2%
2001-02 $9,128 $8,403 $10,924 $9,544 3.3% 4.4%
2002-03 $9,441 $8,917 $11,047 $10,020 1.1% 5.0%
2003-04 $9,625 $8,999 $10,970 $10,101 -0.7% 0.8%
2004-05 $10,069 $9,420 $11,100 $10,358 1.2% 2.5%
2005-06 $10,615 $9,897 $11,337 $10,508 2.1% 1.4%
2006-07 $11,405 $10,160 $11,843 $10,557 4.5% 0.5%
2007-08 $12,121 $11,133 $12,121 $11,133 2.3% 5.5%
TOTAL
CHANGE $7,322 $6,446 $3,788 $2,637 45.5% 31.0%

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