Table 176.

Students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2004-05

School year	Average daily attendance, all students	Students transported at public expense			Expenditures for transportation (in unadjusted dollars)				Expenditures for transportation (in constant 2006-07 dollars)1
		Number		Percent of total	Total2 (in thousands)		Average per student transported		Total2 (in thousands)		Average per student transported
1	2	3		4	5		6		7		8
1929-30	21,265,000	1,902,826		8.9	$54,823		$29		$653,821		$344
1931-32	22,245,000	2,419,173		10.9	58,078		24		822,357		340
1933-34	22,458,000	2,794,724		12.4	53,908		19		831,043		297
1935-36	22,299,000	3,250,658		14.6	62,653		19		930,713		286
1937-38	22,298,000	3,769,242		16.9	75,637		20		1,077,863		286
1939-40	22,042,000	4,144,161		18.8	83,283		20		1,216,546		294
1941-42	21,031,000	4,503,081		21.4	92,922		21		1,216,580		270
1943-44	19,603,000	4,512,412		23.0	107,754		24		1,262,364		280
1945-46	19,849,000	5,056,966		25.5	129,756		26		1,452,041		287
1947-48	20,910,000	5,854,041		28.0	176,265		30		1,544,308		264
1949-50	22,284,000	6,947,384		31.2	214,504		31		1,848,939		266
1951-52	23,257,000	7,697,130		33.1	268,827		35		2,087,958		271
1953-54	25,643,871	8,411,719		32.8	307,437		37		2,333,764		277
1955-56	27,740,149	9,695,819		35.0	353,972		37		2,687,912		277
1957-58	29,722,275	10,861,689		36.5	416,491		38		2,977,157		274
1959-60	32,477,440	12,225,142		37.6	486,338		40		3,378,827		276
1961-62	34,682,340	13,222,667		38.1	576,361		44		3,914,338		296
1963-64	37,405,058	14,475,778		38.7	673,845		47		4,460,066		308
1965-66	39,154,497	15,536,567		39.7	787,358		51		5,037,285		324
1967-68	40,827,965	17,130,873		42.0	981,006		57		5,888,632		344
1969-70	41,934,376	18,198,577		43.4	1,218,557		67		6,585,143		362
1971-72	42,254,272	19,474,355		46.1	1,507,830		77		7,480,083		384
1973-74	41,438,054	21,347,039		51.5	1,858,141		87		8,135,489		381
1975-76	41,269,720	21,772,483		52.8	2,377,313		109		8,750,765		402
1977-78	40,079,590	21,800,000	3	54.4	2,731,041		125	3	8,901,206		408	3
1979-80	38,288,911	21,713,515		56.7	3,833,145		177		10,079,355		464
1980-81	37,703,744	22,272,000	3	59.1	4,408,000	3	198	3	10,387,767	3	466	3
1981-82	37,094,652	22,246,000	3	60.0	4,793,000	3	215	3	10,396,921	3	467	3
1982-83	36,635,868	22,199,000	3	60.6	5,000,000	3	225	3	10,399,287	3	468	3
1983-84	36,362,978	22,031,000	3	60.6	5,284,000	3	240	3	10,597,695	3	481	3
1984-85	36,404,261	22,320,000	3	61.3	5,722,000	3	256	3	11,043,876	3	495	3
1985-86	36,523,103	22,041,000	3	60.3	6,123,000	3	278	3	11,486,597	3	521	3
1986-87	36,863,867	22,397,000	3	60.8	6,551,000	3	292	3	12,022,584	3	537	3
1987-88	37,050,707	22,158,000	3	59.8	6,888,000	3	311	3	12,138,107	3	548	3
1988-89	37,268,072	22,635,000	3	60.7	7,550,000	3	334	3	12,717,357	3	562	3
1989-90	37,799,296	22,459,000	3	59.4	8,030,990		358	3	12,911,441		575	3
1990-91	38,426,543	22,000,000	3	57.3	8,678,954		394	3	13,229,869		601	3
1991-92	38,960,783	23,165,000	3	59.5	8,769,754		379	3	12,953,230		559	3
1992-93	39,570,462	23,439,000	3	59.2	9,252,300		395	3	13,252,033		565	3
1993-94	40,146,393	23,858,000	3	59.4	9,627,155		404	3	13,440,764		563	3
1994-95	40,720,763	23,693,000	3	58.2	9,889,034		417	3	13,421,677		566	3
1995-96	41,501,596	24,155,000	3	58.2	10,396,426		430	3	13,736,605		569	3
1996-97	42,262,004	24,090,000	3	57.0	10,989,809		456	3	14,117,839		586	3
1997-98	42,765,774	24,342,000	3	56.9	11,465,658		471	3	14,471,050		594	3
1998-99	43,186,715	24,898,000	3	57.7	12,224,454		491	3	15,166,193		609	3
1999-2000	43,806,726	24,951,000	3	57.0	13,007,625		521	3	15,685,033		629	3
2000-01	44,075,930	24,471,000	3	55.5	14,052,654		574	3	16,383,848		670	3
2001-02	44,604,592	24,550,000	4	55.0	14,799,365		603	4	16,954,256		691	4
2002-03	45,017,360	24,666,000	4	54.8	15,648,821		634	4	17,541,892		711	4
2003-04	45,325,731	25,036,000	4	55.2	16,348,784		653	4	17,934,183		716	4
2004-05	45,625,458	25,226,000	4	55.3	17,453,785		692	4	18,587,008		737	4

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; Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2004-05; Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year"; School Transportation News, "K-12 Enrollment/Transportation Data," 2001-02 through 2005-06; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 2007.)