Table 52. | Public school pupils transported at public expense andcurrent expenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1997-98 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 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 __________|___________|______________|________|______________|______________|______________|______________ 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 __________|___________|______________|________|______________|______________|______________|______________ |
\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.
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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