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    Table 51. Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1998-99

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          |           |   Pupils transported  |    Expenditures for         |     Expenditures for
          |  Average  |    at public expense  |     transportation          |   transportation (in
          |   daily   |                       |  (in current dollars)       |constant 1998-99 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 |     $527,002 |         $277
1931-32 ..|22,245,000 |    2,419,173 |   10.9 |       58,078 |           24 |      662,847 |          274
1933-34 ..|22,458,000 |    2,794,724 |   12.4 |       53,908 |           19 |      669,848 |          240
1935-36 ..|22,299,000 |    3,250,658 |   14.6 |       62,653 |           19 |      750,186 |          231
1937-38 ..|22,298,000 |    3,769,242 |   16.9 |       75,637 |           20 |      868,793 |          230
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1939-40 ..|22,042,000 |    4,144,161 |   18.8 |       83,283 |           20 |      980,576 |          237
1941-42 ..|21,031,000 |    4,503,081 |   21.4 |       92,922 |           21 |      980,604 |          218
1943-44 ..|19,603,000 |    4,512,412 |   23.0 |      107,754 |           24 |    1,017,507 |          225
1945-46 ..|19,849,000 |    5,056,966 |   25.5 |      129,756 |           26 |    1,170,393 |          231
1947-48 ..|20,910,000 |    5,854,041 |   28.0 |      176,265 |           30 |    1,244,764 |          213
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1949-50 ..|22,284,000 |    6,947,384 |   31.2 |      214,504 |           31 |    1,490,306 |          215
1951-52 ..|23,257,000 |    7,697,130 |   33.1 |      268,827 |           35 |    1,682,964 |          219
1953-54 ..|25,643,871 |    8,411,719 |   32.8 |      307,437 |           37 |    1,881,091 |          224
1955-56 ..|27,740,149 |    9,695,819 |   35.0 |      353,972 |           37 |    2,166,546 |          223
1957-58 ..|29,722,275 |   10,861,689 |   36.5 |      416,491 |           38 |    2,399,687 |          221
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1959-60 ..|32,477,440 |   12,225,142 |   37.6 |      486,338 |           40 |    2,723,446 |          223
1961-62 ..|34,682,340 |   13,222,667 |   38.1 |      576,361 |           44 |    3,155,087 |          239
1963-64 ..|37,405,058 |   14,475,778 |   38.7 |      673,845 |           47 |    3,594,962 |          248
1965-66 ..|39,154,497 |   15,536,567 |   39.7 |      787,358 |           51 |    4,060,219 |          261
1967-68 ..|40,827,965 |   17,130,873 |   42.0 |      981,006 |           57 |    4,746,433 |          277
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1969-70 ..|41,934,376 |   18,198,577 |   43.4 |    1,218,557 |           67 |    5,307,844 |          292
1971-72 ..|42,254,272 |   19,474,355 |   46.1 |    1,507,830 |           77 |    6,029,195 |          310
1973-74 ..|41,438,054 |   21,347,039 |   51.5 |    1,858,141 |           87 |    6,557,474 |          307
1975-76 ..|41,269,720 |   21,772,483 |   52.8 |    2,377,313 |          109 |    7,053,407 |          324
1977-78 ..|40,079,590 |\2\21,800,000 |   54.4 |    2,731,041 |\2\       125 |    7,174,667 |\2\       329
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1979-80 ..|38,288,911 |   21,713,515 |   56.7 |    3,833,145 |          177 |    8,124,294 |          374
1980-81 ..|37,703,744 |\2\22,272,000 |   59.1 |\2\ 4,408,000 |\2\       198 |\2\ 8,373,000 |\2\       376
1981-82 ..|37,094,652 |\2\22,246,000 |   60.0 |\2\ 4,793,000 |\2\       215 |\2\ 8,380,000 |\2\       377
1982-83 ..|36,635,868 |\2\22,199,000 |   60.6 |\2\ 5,000,000 |\2\       225 |\2\ 8,382,000 |\2\       378
1983-84 ..|36,362,978 |\2\22,031,000 |   60.6 |\2\ 5,284,000 |\2\       240 |\2\ 8,542,000 |\2\       388
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1984-85 ..|36,404,261 |\2\22,320,000 |   61.3 |\2\ 5,722,000 |\2\       256 |\2\ 8,902,000 |\2\       399
1985-86 ..|36,523,103 |\2\22,041,000 |   60.3 |\2\ 6,123,000 |\2\       278 |\2\ 9,259,000 |\2\       420
1986-87 ..|36,863,867 |\2\22,397,000 |   60.8 |\2\ 6,551,000 |\2\       292 |\2\ 9,691,000 |\2\       433
1987-88 ..|37,050,707 |\2\22,158,000 |   59.8 |\2\ 6,888,000 |\2\       311 |\2\ 9,784,000 |\2\       442
1988-89 ..|37,268,072 |\2\22,635,000 |   60.7 |\2\ 7,550,000 |\2\       334 |\2\10,251,000 |\2\       453
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1989-90 ..|37,799,296 |\2\22,459,000 |   59.4 |    8,030,990 |\2\       358 |   10,407,050 |\2\       463
1990-91 ..|38,426,543 |\2\22,000,000 |   57.3 |    8,678,954 |\2\       394 |   10,663,713 |\2\       485
1991-92 ..|38,960,783 |\2\23,165,000 |   59.5 |    8,769,754 |\2\       379 |   10,440,733 |\2\       451
1992-93 ..|39,570,462 |\2\23,439,000 |   59.2 |    9,252,300 |\2\       395 |   10,681,579 |\2\       456
1993-94 ..|40,146,393 |\2\23,858,000 |   59.4 |    9,627,155 |\2\       404 |   10,833,702 |\2\       454
          |           |              |        |              |              |              |
1994-95 ..|40,720,763 |\2\23,693,000 |   58.2 |    9,889,034 |\2\       417 |   10,818,317 |\2\       457
1995-96 ..|41,501,596 |\2\24,155,000 |   58.2 |   10,396,426 |\2\       430 |   11,072,160 |\2\       458
1996-97 ..|42,262,004 |\2\24,090,000 |   57.0 |   10,989,809 |\2\       456 |   11,379,447 |\2\       472
1997-98 ..|42,765,774 |\2\24,342,000 |   56.9 |   11,465,658 |\2\       471 |   11,664,146 |\2\       479
1998-99 ..|43,187,202 |\2\24,857,000 |   57.6 |   11,982,509 |\2\       482 |   11,982,509 |\2\       482
__________|___________|______________|________|______________|______________|______________|______________

    \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 November 2001.)

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