* Values are for the 2019-20 school year.
Pre-kindergarten programs may receive additional funds from federal or local sources that are not included in this figure.
Head Start per-child spending includes funding only for 3- and 4-year-olds.
K-12 expenditures include capital spending as well as current operating expenditures.
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Expenditures per child in preschool programs in the U.S. 2020
For the ** school year, about U.S. dollars were spent per child enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs across the United States. For students enrolled in the Head Start program, about * U.S. dollars were spent per child.
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