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Table 163. Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2002-03
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           |          |                     |      Expenditures for   |  Expenditures for trans-
           |          |  Pupils transported |       transportation    |   portation (in constant
           |   Average|  at public expense  |    (in current dollars) |      2004-05 dollars)\1\
           |     daily|_____________________|_________________________|_____________ ___________
           |    atten-|             |Percent|             |    Average|             |    Average
           |dance, all|             |     of| Total\2\ (in|  per pupil| Total\2\ (in|  per pupil
School year|  students|       Number|  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|     $613,959|       $323
1931-32 ...|22,245,000|    2,419,173|   10.9|       58,078|         24|      772,219|        319
1933-34 ...|22,458,000|    2,794,724|   12.4|       53,908|         19|      780,375|        279
1935-36 ...|22,299,000|    3,250,658|   14.6|       62,653|         19|      873,969|        269
1937-38 ...|22,298,000|    3,769,242|   16.9|       75,637|         20|    1,012,147|        269
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1939-40 ...|22,042,000|    4,144,161|   18.8|       83,283|         20|    1,142,375|        276
1941-42 ...|21,031,000|    4,503,081|   21.4|       92,922|         21|    1,142,407|        254
1943-44 ...|19,603,000|    4,512,412|   23.0|      107,754|         24|    1,185,399|        263
1945-46 ...|19,849,000|    5,056,966|   25.5|      129,756|         26|    1,363,512|        270
1947-48 ...|20,910,000|    5,854,041|   28.0|      176,265|         30|    1,450,154|        248
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1949-50 ...|22,284,000|    6,947,384|   31.2|      214,504|         31|    1,736,212|        250
1951-52 ...|23,257,000|    7,697,130|   33.1|      268,827|         35|    1,960,658|        255
1953-54 ...|25,643,871|    8,411,719|   32.8|      307,437|         37|    2,191,478|        261
1955-56 ...|27,740,149|    9,695,819|   35.0|      353,972|         37|    2,524,034|        260
1957-58 ...|29,722,275|   10,861,689|   36.5|      416,491|         38|    2,795,644|        257
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1959-60 ...|32,477,440|   12,225,142|   37.6|      486,338|         40|    3,172,825|        260
1961-62 ...|34,682,340|   13,222,667|   38.1|      576,361|         44|    3,675,687|        278
1963-64 ...|37,405,058|   14,475,778|   38.7|      673,845|         47|    4,188,143|        289
1965-66 ...|39,154,497|   15,536,567|   39.7|      787,358|         51|    4,730,169|        304
1967-68 ...|40,827,965|   17,130,873|   42.0|      981,006|         57|    5,529,611|        323
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1969-70 ...|41,934,376|   18,198,577|   43.4|    1,218,557|         67|    6,183,657|        340
1971-72 ...|42,254,272|   19,474,355|   46.1|    1,507,830|         77|    7,024,033|        361
1973-74 ...|41,438,054|   21,347,039|   51.5|    1,858,141|         87|    7,639,480|        358
1975-76 ...|41,269,720|   21,772,483|   52.8|    2,377,313|        109|    8,217,243|        377
1977-78 ...|40,079,590|\3\21,800,000|   54.4|    2,731,041|\3\     125|    8,358,512|\3\     383
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1979-80 ...|38,288,911|   21,713,515|   56.7|    3,833,145|        177|    9,464,831|        436
1980-81 ...|37,703,744|\3\22,272,000|   59.1|\3\ 4,408,000|\3\     198|\3  9,754,000|\3\     438
1981-82 ...|37,094,652|\3\22,246,000|   60.0|\3\ 4,793,000|\3\     215|\3  9,763,000|\3\     439
1982-83 ...|36,635,868|\3\22,199,000|   60.6|\3\ 5,000,000|\3\     225|\3  9,765,000|\3\     440
1983-84 ...|36,362,978|\3\22,031,000|   60.6|\3\ 5,284,000|\3\     240|\3  9,952,000|\3\     452
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1984-85 ...|36,404,261|\3\22,320,000|   61.3|\3\ 5,722,000|\3\     256|\3 10,371,000|\3\     465
1985-86 ...|36,523,103|\3\22,041,000|   60.3|\3\ 6,123,000|\3\     278|\3 10,786,000|\3\     489
1986-87 ...|36,863,867|\3\22,397,000|   60.8|\3\ 6,551,000|\3\     292|\3 11,290,000|\3\     504
1987-88 ...|37,050,707|\3\22,158,000|   59.8|\3\ 6,888,000|\3\     311|\3 11,398,000|\3\     514
1988-89 ...|37,268,072|\3\22,635,000|   60.7|\3\ 7,550,000|\3\     334|\3 11,942,000|\3\     528
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1989-90 ...|37,799,296|\3\22,459,000|   59.4|    8,030,990|\3\     358|   12,124,249|\3\     540
1990-91 ...|38,426,543|\3\22,000,000|   57.3|    8,678,954|\3\     394|   12,423,263|\3\     565
1991-92 ...|38,960,783|\3\23,165,000|   59.5|    8,769,754|\3\     379|   12,163,490|\3\     525
1992-93 ...|39,570,462|\3\23,439,000|   59.2|    9,252,300|\3\     395|   12,444,076|\3\     531
1993-94 ...|40,146,393|\3\23,858,000|   59.4|    9,627,155|\3\     404|   12,621,300|\3\     529
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1994-95 ...|40,720,763|\3\23,693,000|   58.2|    9,889,034|\3\     417|   12,603,376|\3\     532
1995-96 ...|41,501,596|\3\24,155,000|   58.2|   10,396,426|\3\     430|   12,899,104|\3\     534
1996-97 ...|42,262,004|\3\24,090,000|   57.0|   10,989,809|\3\     456|   13,257,095|\3\     550
1997-98 ...|42,765,774|\3\24,342,000|   56.9|   11,465,658|\3\     471|   13,588,771|\3\     558
1998-99 ...|43,186,715|\3\24,898,000|   57.7|   12,224,454|\3\     491|   14,241,532|\3\     572
           |          |             |       |             |           |             |
1999-2000 .|43,806,726|\3\24,951,000|   57.0|   13,007,625|\3\     521|   14,728,739|\3\     590
2000-01 ...|44,075,930|\3\24,471,000|   55.5|   14,052,654|\3\     574|   15,384,948|\3\     629
2001-02 ...|44,604,592|\4\24,550,000|   55.0|   14,799,365|\4\     603|   15,920,580|\4\     648
2002-03 ...|45,067,990|\4\25,168,000|   55.8|   15,647,698|\4\     622|   16,471,207|\4\     654
___________|__________|_____________|_______|_____________|___________|_____________|___________
\1\Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis.
\2\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.
\3\Estimate based on data appearing in January issues of School Bus Fleet.
\4\Estimate based on data reported by School Transportation News.
NOTE: 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, 1929-30 through 1975-76; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1977-78 and 1979-80; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2002-03; Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year"; School Transportation News, "K-12 Enrollment/Transportation Data," 2001-02, 2002-03, and 2003-04; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared February 2006.)


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