Table 51. | Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1999-2000 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 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 ___________|___________|______________|________|______________|______________|______________|______________ |
\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.) |