Elementary and high school tuition and fees priced at $20 in 2019 $24.26 in 2025

Elementary And High School Tuition And Fees Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Elementary And High School Tuition And Fees, 2019-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for elementary and high school tuition and fees are 21.28% higher in 2025 versus 2019 (a $4.26 difference in value).

Between 2019 and 2025: Elementary and high school tuition and fees experienced an average inflation rate of 3.27% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, elementary and high school tuition and fees costing $20 in the year 2019 would cost $24.26 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.75% during this same period, inflation for elementary and high school tuition and fees was lower.

In the year 2019: Pricing changed by 3.57%, which is above the average yearly change for elementary and high school tuition and fees during the 2019-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2019 (1.81%), inflation for elementary and high school tuition and fees was higher.

Price Inflation for Elementary and high school tuition and fees since 1977

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1982 (12.31%), 1981 (12%), and 1980 (11.99%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2019

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Elementary and high school tuition and fees, over time, for $20 beginning in 2019. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2019$20.003.57%
2020$20.532.63%
2021$21.062.58%
2022$21.682.99%
2023$22.644.42%
2024$23.734.82%
2025$24.262.20%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.


Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Elementary and high school tuition and fees:

Year1977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI57.60059.33164.60072.34681.03191.00899.615109.354119.062129.238141.292154.585167.962182.808198.031213.662228.931242.631259.223272.815288.100307.892327.315349.892372.615398.415424.892453.500483.169511.223539.442570.583600.396624.473648.102671.214695.784722.824750.706777.085804.950838.132868.069890.926913.880941.174982.7411030.1251052.767

Adjust elementary and high school tuition and fees prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2019 * 2019 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Elementary and high school tuition and fees was 868.069 in the year 2019 and 1052.767 in 2025:

1052.767 / 868.069 * $20 = $24.26

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2019 has the same "purchasing power" as $24.26 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Elementary and high school tuition and fees).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Elementary and high school tuition and fees in 1977. In addition to elementary and high school tuition and fees, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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