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Table 51. Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1999-2000

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           |           |   Pupils transported  |    Expenditures for         |     Expenditures for
           |  Average  |    at public expense  |     transportation          |   transportation (in
           |   daily   |                       |  (in current dollars)       |constant 1999-2000 dollars)
  School   |attendance,|_______________________|_____________________________|_____________________________
   year    |    all    |              |        |  Total\1\    |    Average   |  Total\1\    |    Average
           | students  |     Number   |Percent |   (in        |    per pupil |   (in        |    per pupil
           |           |              |of total| thousands)   |   transported| thousands)   |   transported
___________|___________|______________|________|______________|______________|______________|______________
     1     |     2     |        3     |   4    |        5     |        6     |        7     |        8
___________|___________|______________|________|______________|______________|______________|______________
1929-30 ...|21,265,000 |    1,902,826 |    8.9 |      $54,823 |          $29 |     $542,215 |         $285
1931-32 ...|22,245,000 |    2,419,173 |   10.9 |       58,078 |           24 |      681,982 |          282
1933-34 ...|22,458,000 |    2,794,724 |   12.4 |       53,908 |           19 |      689,185 |          247
1935-36 ...|22,299,000 |    3,250,658 |   14.6 |       62,653 |           19 |      771,842 |          237
1937-38 ...|22,298,000 |    3,769,242 |   16.9 |       75,637 |           20 |      893,874 |          237
           |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1939-40 ...|22,042,000 |    4,144,161 |   18.8 |       83,283 |           20 |    1,008,883 |          243
1941-42 ...|21,031,000 |    4,503,081 |   21.4 |       92,922 |           21 |    1,008,912 |          224
1943-44 ...|19,603,000 |    4,512,412 |   23.0 |      107,754 |           24 |    1,046,880 |          232
1945-46 ...|19,849,000 |    5,056,966 |   25.5 |      129,756 |           26 |    1,204,180 |          238
1947-48 ...|20,910,000 |    5,854,041 |   28.0 |      176,265 |           30 |    1,280,698 |          219
           |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1949-50 ...|22,284,000 |    6,947,384 |   31.2 |      214,504 |           31 |    1,533,328 |          221
1951-52 ...|23,257,000 |    7,697,130 |   33.1 |      268,827 |           35 |    1,731,547 |          225
1953-54 ...|25,643,871 |    8,411,719 |   32.8 |      307,437 |           37 |    1,935,394 |          230
1955-56 ...|27,740,149 |    9,695,819 |   35.0 |      353,972 |           37 |    2,229,090 |          230
1957-58 ...|29,722,275 |   10,861,689 |   36.5 |      416,491 |           38 |    2,468,961 |          227
           |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1959-60 ...|32,477,440 |   12,225,142 |   37.6 |      486,338 |           40 |    2,802,067 |          229
1961-62 ...|34,682,340 |   13,222,667 |   38.1 |      576,361 |           44 |    3,246,168 |          246
1963-64 ...|37,405,058 |   14,475,778 |   38.7 |      673,845 |           47 |    3,698,741 |          256
1965-66 ...|39,154,497 |   15,536,567 |   39.7 |      787,358 |           51 |    4,177,429 |          269
1967-68 ...|40,827,965 |   17,130,873 |   42.0 |      981,006 |           57 |    4,883,453 |          285
           |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1969-70 ...|41,934,376 |   18,198,577 |   43.4 |    1,218,557 |           67 |    5,461,071 |          300
1971-72 ...|42,254,272 |   19,474,355 |   46.1 |    1,507,830 |           77 |    6,203,246 |          319
1973-74 ...|41,438,054 |   21,347,039 |   51.5 |    1,858,141 |           87 |    6,746,775 |          316
1975-76 ...|41,269,720 |   21,772,483 |   52.8 |    2,377,313 |          109 |    7,257,025 |          333
1977-78 ...|40,079,590 |\2\21,800,000 |   54.4 |    2,731,041 |\2\       125 |    7,381,786 |\2\       339
           |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1979-80 ...|38,288,911 |   21,713,515 |   56.7 |    3,833,145 |          177 |    8,358,827 |          385
1980-81 ...|37,703,744 |\2\22,272,000 |   59.1 |\2\ 4,408,000 |\2\       198 |\2\ 8,615,000 |\2\       387
1981-82 ...|37,094,652 |\2\22,246,000 |   60.0 |\2\ 4,793,000 |\2\       215 |\2\ 8,622,000 |\2\       388
1982-83 ...|36,635,868 |\2\22,199,000 |   60.6 |\2\ 5,000,000 |\2\       225 |\2\ 8,624,000 |\2\       388
1983-84 ...|36,362,978 |\2\22,031,000 |   60.6 |\2\ 5,284,000 |\2\       240 |\2\ 8,789,000 |\2\       399
           |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1984-85 ...|36,404,261 |\2\22,320,000 |   61.3 |\2\ 5,722,000 |\2\       256 |\2\ 9,159,000 |\2\       410
1985-86 ...|36,523,103 |\2\22,041,000 |   60.3 |\2\ 6,123,000 |\2\       278 |\2\ 9,526,000 |\2\       432
1986-87 ...|36,863,867 |\2\22,397,000 |   60.8 |\2\ 6,551,000 |\2\       292 |\2\ 9,970,000 |\2\       445
1987-88 ...|37,050,707 |\2\22,158,000 |   59.8 |\2\ 6,888,000 |\2\       311 |\2\10,066,000 |\2\       454
1988-89 ...|37,268,072 |\2\22,635,000 |   60.7 |\2\ 7,550,000 |\2\       334 |\2\10,547,000 |\2\       466
           |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1989-90 ...|37,799,296 |\2\22,459,000 |   59.4 |    8,030,990 |\2\       358 |   10,707,481 |\2\       477
1990-91 ...|38,426,543 |\2\22,000,000 |   57.3 |    8,678,954 |\2\       394 |   10,971,554 |\2\       499
1991-92 ...|38,960,783 |\2\23,165,000 |   59.5 |    8,769,754 |\2\       379 |   10,742,136 |\2\       464
1992-93 ...|39,570,462 |\2\23,439,000 |   59.2 |    9,252,300 |\2\       395 |   10,989,934 |\2\       469
1993-94 ...|40,146,393 |\2\23,858,000 |   59.4 |    9,627,155 |\2\       404 |   11,146,449 |\2\       467
           |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1994-95 ...|40,720,763 |\2\23,693,000 |   58.2 |    9,889,034 |\2\       417 |   11,130,620 |\2\       470
1995-96 ...|41,501,596 |\2\24,155,000 |   58.2 |   10,396,426 |\2\       430 |   11,391,791 |\2\       472
1996-97 ...|42,262,004 |\2\24,090,000 |   57.0 |   10,989,809 |\2\       456 |   11,707,949 |\2\       486
1997-98 ...|42,765,774 |\2\24,342,000 |   56.9 |   11,465,658 |\2\       471 |   12,000,867 |\2\       493
1998-99 ...|43,186,715 |\2\24,898,000 |   57.7 |   12,224,454 |\2\       491 |   12,577,350 |\2\       505
1999-2000 .|43,806,726 |\2\24,951,000 |   57.0 |   13,006,821 |\2\       521 |   13,006,821 |\2\       521
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\1\Excludes capital outlay for years through 1979-80, and 1989-90 to the latest year. From 1980-81 to 1988-89 total transportation figures include capital outlay.
\2\Estimate based on data appearing in January issues of School Bus Fleet.

NOTE: Constant dollars are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index computed on a school year basis. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished data; and Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, January issues. (This table was prepared September 2002.)


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