{
  "source": "MEXT FY2023 Survey of Children's Learning Costs, corrected 16 January 2026",
  "rows": 30,
  "scope": "Annual average expenditure per child by school type, sector and grade; not a panel following the same child.",
  "public_stage_summary": [
    {
      "school_type": "小学校",
      "first_grade": "第1学年",
      "last_grade": "第6学年",
      "first_total_yen": 395394,
      "last_total_yen": 432708,
      "total_change_yen": 37314,
      "first_out_of_school_yen": 216850,
      "last_out_of_school_yen": 307345,
      "out_of_school_change_yen": 90495,
      "out_of_school_change_percent": 41.7,
      "school_education_change_yen": -52095,
      "school_meals_change_yen": -1086
    },
    {
      "school_type": "中学校",
      "first_grade": "第1学年",
      "last_grade": "第3学年",
      "first_total_yen": 545239,
      "last_total_yen": 607325,
      "total_change_yen": 62086,
      "first_out_of_school_yen": 278315,
      "last_out_of_school_yen": 446096,
      "out_of_school_change_yen": 167781,
      "out_of_school_change_percent": 60.3,
      "school_education_change_yen": -100986,
      "school_meals_change_yen": -4709
    },
    {
      "school_type": "高等学校（全日制）",
      "first_grade": "第1学年",
      "last_grade": "第3学年",
      "first_total_yen": 700240,
      "last_total_yen": 503697,
      "total_change_yen": -196543,
      "first_out_of_school_yen": 195191,
      "last_out_of_school_yen": 319200,
      "out_of_school_change_yen": 124009,
      "out_of_school_change_percent": 63.5,
      "school_education_change_yen": -320552,
      "school_meals_change_yen": 0
    }
  ],
  "key_values": {
    "public_junior_high_grade3_out_of_school_yen": 446096,
    "public_junior_high_grade1_out_of_school_yen": 278315,
    "public_junior_high_growth_percent": 60.3,
    "public_high_grade1_total_yen": 700240,
    "public_high_grade3_out_of_school_yen": 319200,
    "public_high_out_of_school_growth_percent": 63.5,
    "public_elementary_grade1_total_yen": 395394,
    "public_elementary_grade6_total_yen": 432708
  },
  "limits": [
    "Cross-sectional grade averages are not the trajectory of one child.",
    "The public table reports annual averages and standard-error ranges; microdata confidence intervals are not reconstructed here.",
    "Differences do not identify the effect of entrance examinations, household income, region, or any intervention."
  ]
}