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Table 52. Public school pupils transported at public expense andcurrent expenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1997-98
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          |           |   Pupils transported  |    Expenditures for         |     Expenditures for
          |  Average  |    at public expense  |     transportation          |   transportation (in
          |   daily   |                       |  (in current dollars)       |constant 1997-98 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
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    1     |     2     |        3     |   4    |        5     |        6     |        7     |        8
__________|___________|______________|________|______________|______________|______________|______________
1929-30 ..|21,265,000 |    1,902,826 |    8.9 |      $54,823 |          $29 |     $518,034 |         $272
1931-32 ..|22,245,000 |    2,419,173 |   10.9 |       58,078 |           24 |      651,568 |          269
1933-34 ..|22,458,000 |    2,794,724 |   12.4 |       53,908 |           19 |      658,449 |          236
1935-36 ..|22,299,000 |    3,250,658 |   14.6 |       62,653 |           19 |      737,420 |          227
1937-38 ..|22,298,000 |    3,769,242 |   16.9 |       75,637 |           20 |      854,009 |          227
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1939-40 ..|22,042,000 |    4,144,161 |   18.8 |       83,283 |           20 |      963,890 |          233
1941-42 ..|21,031,000 |    4,503,081 |   21.4 |       92,922 |           21 |      963,917 |          214
1943-44 ..|19,603,000 |    4,512,412 |   23.0 |      107,754 |           24 |    1,000,192 |          222
1945-46 ..|19,849,000 |    5,056,966 |   25.5 |      129,756 |           26 |    1,150,477 |          228
1947-48 ..|20,910,000 |    5,854,041 |   28.0 |      176,265 |           30 |    1,223,582 |          209
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1949-50 ..|22,284,000 |    6,947,384 |   31.2 |      214,504 |           31 |    1,464,946 |          211
1951-52 ..|23,257,000 |    7,697,130 |   33.1 |      268,827 |           35 |    1,654,325 |          215
1953-54 ..|25,643,871 |    8,411,719 |   32.8 |      307,437 |           37 |    1,849,081 |          220
1955-56 ..|27,740,149 |    9,695,819 |   35.0 |      353,972 |           37 |    2,129,678 |          220
1957-58 ..|29,722,275 |   10,861,689 |   36.5 |      416,491 |           38 |    2,358,852 |          217
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1959-60 ..|32,477,440 |   12,225,142 |   37.6 |      486,338 |           40 |    2,677,102 |          219
1961-62 ..|34,682,340 |   13,222,667 |   38.1 |      576,361 |           44 |    3,101,397 |          235
1963-64 ..|37,405,058 |   14,475,778 |   38.7 |      673,845 |           47 |    3,533,786 |          244
1965-66 ..|39,154,497 |   15,536,567 |   39.7 |      787,358 |           51 |    3,991,126 |          257
1967-68 ..|40,827,965 |   17,130,873 |   42.0 |      981,006 |           57 |    4,665,663 |          272
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1969-70 ..|41,934,376 |   18,198,577 |   43.4 |    1,218,557 |           67 |    5,217,521 |          287
1971-72 ..|42,254,272 |   19,474,355 |   46.1 |    1,507,830 |           77 |    5,926,596 |          304
1973-74 ..|41,438,054 |   21,347,039 |   51.5 |    1,858,141 |           87 |    6,445,886 |          302
1975-76 ..|41,269,720 |   21,772,483 |   52.8 |    2,377,313 |          109 |    6,933,379 |          318
1977-78 ..|40,079,590 |\2\21,800,000 |   54.4 |    2,731,041 |\2\       125 |    7,052,577 |\2\       324
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1979-80 ..|38,288,911 |   21,713,515 |   56.7 |    3,833,145 |          177 |    7,986,044 |          368
1980-81 ..|37,703,744 |\2\22,272,000 |   59.1 |\2\ 4,408,000 |\2\       198 |\2\ 8,230,000 |\2\       370
1981-82 ..|37,094,652 |\2\22,246,000 |   60.0 |\2\ 4,793,000 |\2\       215 |\2\ 8,238,000 |\2\       370
1982-83 ..|36,635,868 |\2\22,199,000 |   60.6 |\2\ 5,000,000 |\2\       225 |\2\ 8,240,000 |\2\       371
1983-84 ..|36,362,978 |\2\22,031,000 |   60.6 |\2\ 5,284,000 |\2\       240 |\2\ 8,397,000 |\2\       381
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1984-85 ..|36,404,261 |\2\22,320,000 |   61.3 |\2\ 5,722,000 |\2\       256 |\2\ 8,750,000 |\2\       392
1985-86 ..|36,523,103 |\2\22,041,000 |   60.3 |\2\ 6,123,000 |\2\       278 |\2\ 9,101,000 |\2\       413
1986-87 ..|36,863,867 |\2\22,397,000 |   60.8 |\2\ 6,551,000 |\2\       292 |\2\ 9,526,000 |\2\       425
1987-88 ..|37,050,707 |\2\22,158,000 |   59.8 |\2\ 6,888,000 |\2\       311 |\2\ 9,617,000 |\2\       434
1988-89 ..|37,268,072 |\2\22,635,000 |   60.7 |\2\ 7,550,000 |\2\       334 |\2\10,076,000 |\2\       445
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1989-90 ..|37,799,296 |\2\22,459,000 |   59.4 |    8,030,990 |\2\       358 |   10,229,954 |\2\       455
1990-91 ..|38,426,543 |\2\22,000,000 |   57.3 |    8,678,954 |\2\       394 |   10,482,250 |\2\       476
1991-92 ..|38,960,783 |\2\23,165,000 |   59.5 |    8,769,754 |\2\       379 |   10,263,064 |\2\       443
1992-93 ..|39,570,462 |\2\23,439,000 |   59.2 |    9,252,300 |\2\       395 |   10,499,811 |\2\       448
1993-94 ..|40,146,393 |\2\23,858,000 |   59.4 |    9,627,155 |\2\       404 |   10,649,345 |\2\       446
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1994-95 ..|40,720,763 |\2\23,693,000 |   58.2 |    9,889,034 |\2\       417 |   10,634,222 |\2\       449
1995-96 ..|41,501,596 |\2\24,155,000 |   58.2 |   10,396,426 |\2\       430 |   10,883,745 |\2\       451
1996-97 ..|42,262,004 |\2\24,090,000 |   57.0 |   10,989,809 |\2\       456 |   11,185,804 |\2\       464
1997-98 ..|42,854,612 |\2\24,342,000 |   56.8 |   11,465,499 |\2\       471 |   11,465,499 |\2\       471
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\1\Excludes capital outlay for years through 1979-80, and 1989-90 to 1997-98. 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, and unpublished data; and Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, January issues. (This table was prepared June 2000.)


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