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Table 184. | Students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2007-08 |
School year | Average daily atten-dance, all students | Students transported at public expense | Expenditures for transportation (in unadjusted dollars) | Expenditures for transportation (in constant 2008-09 dollars)1 | ||||||||
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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 | $687,515 | $361 | |||||
1931-32 | 22,245,000 | 2,419,173 | 10.9 | 58,078 | 24 | 864,737 | 357 | |||||
1933-34 | 22,458,000 | 2,794,724 | 12.4 | 53,908 | 19 | 873,870 | 313 | |||||
1935-36 | 22,299,000 | 3,250,658 | 14.6 | 62,653 | 19 | 978,676 | 301 | |||||
1937-38 | 22,298,000 | 3,769,242 | 16.9 | 75,637 | 20 | 1,133,409 | 301 | |||||
1939-40 | 22,042,000 | 4,144,161 | 18.8 | 83,283 | 20 | 1,279,239 | 309 | |||||
1941-42 | 21,031,000 | 4,503,081 | 21.4 | 92,922 | 21 | 1,279,275 | 284 | |||||
1943-44 | 19,603,000 | 4,512,412 | 23.0 | 107,754 | 24 | 1,327,418 | 294 | |||||
1945-46 | 19,849,000 | 5,056,966 | 25.5 | 129,756 | 26 | 1,526,870 | 302 | |||||
1947-48 | 20,910,000 | 5,854,041 | 28.0 | 176,265 | 30 | 1,623,892 | 277 | |||||
1949-50 | 22,284,000 | 6,947,384 | 31.2 | 214,504 | 31 | 1,944,222 | 280 | |||||
1951-52 | 23,257,000 | 7,697,130 | 33.1 | 268,827 | 35 | 2,195,559 | 285 | |||||
1953-54 | 25,643,871 | 8,411,719 | 32.8 | 307,437 | 37 | 2,454,031 | 292 | |||||
1955-56 | 27,740,149 | 9,695,819 | 35.0 | 353,972 | 37 | 2,826,430 | 292 | |||||
1957-58 | 29,722,275 | 10,861,689 | 36.5 | 416,491 | 38 | 3,130,581 | 288 | |||||
1959-60 | 32,477,440 | 12,225,142 | 37.6 | 486,338 | 40 | 3,552,950 | 291 | |||||
1961-62 | 34,682,340 | 13,222,667 | 38.1 | 576,361 | 44 | 4,116,059 | 311 | |||||
1963-64 | 37,405,058 | 14,475,778 | 38.7 | 673,845 | 47 | 4,689,911 | 324 | |||||
1965-66 | 39,154,497 | 15,536,567 | 39.7 | 787,358 | 51 | 5,296,875 | 341 | |||||
1967-68 | 40,827,965 | 17,130,873 | 42.0 | 981,006 | 57 | 6,192,096 | 361 | |||||
1969-70 | 41,934,376 | 18,198,577 | 43.4 | 1,218,557 | 67 | 6,924,501 | 380 | |||||
1971-72 | 42,254,272 | 19,474,355 | 46.1 | 1,507,830 | 77 | 7,865,559 | 404 | |||||
1973-74 | 41,438,054 | 21,347,039 | 51.5 | 1,858,141 | 87 | 8,554,742 | 401 | |||||
1975-76 | 41,269,720 | 21,772,483 | 52.8 | 2,377,313 | 109 | 9,201,725 | 423 | |||||
1977-78 | 40,079,590 | 21,800,000 | 3 | 54.4 | 2,731,041 | 125 | 3 | 9,359,919 | 429 | 3 | ||
1979-80 | 38,288,911 | 21,713,515 | 56.7 | 3,833,145 | 177 | 10,598,782 | 488 | |||||
1980-81 | 37,703,744 | 22,272,000 | 3 | 59.1 | 4,408,000 | 3 | 198 | 3 | 10,923,088 | 3 | 490 | 3 |
1981-82 | 37,094,652 | 22,246,000 | 3 | 60.0 | 4,793,000 | 3 | 215 | 3 | 10,932,713 | 3 | 491 | 3 |
1982-83 | 36,635,868 | 22,199,000 | 3 | 60.6 | 5,000,000 | 3 | 225 | 3 | 10,935,201 | 3 | 493 | 3 |
1983-84 | 36,362,978 | 22,031,000 | 3 | 60.6 | 5,284,000 | 3 | 240 | 3 | 11,143,834 | 3 | 506 | 3 |
1984-85 | 36,404,261 | 22,320,000 | 3 | 61.3 | 5,722,000 | 3 | 256 | 3 | 11,613,009 | 3 | 520 | 3 |
1985-86 | 36,523,103 | 22,041,000 | 3 | 60.3 | 6,123,000 | 3 | 278 | 3 | 12,078,544 | 3 | 548 | 3 |
1986-87 | 36,863,867 | 22,397,000 | 3 | 60.8 | 6,551,000 | 3 | 292 | 3 | 12,642,153 | 3 | 564 | 3 |
1987-88 | 37,050,707 | 22,158,000 | 3 | 59.8 | 6,888,000 | 3 | 311 | 3 | 12,763,629 | 3 | 576 | 3 |
1988-89 | 37,268,072 | 22,635,000 | 3 | 60.7 | 7,550,000 | 3 | 334 | 3 | 13,372,730 | 3 | 591 | 3 |
1989-90 | 37,799,296 | 22,459,000 | 3 | 59.4 | 8,030,990 | 358 | 3 | 13,576,817 | 605 | 3 | ||
1990-91 | 38,426,543 | 22,000,000 | 3 | 57.3 | 8,678,954 | 394 | 3 | 13,911,654 | 632 | 3 | ||
1991-92 | 38,960,783 | 23,165,000 | 3 | 59.5 | 8,769,754 | 379 | 3 | 13,620,759 | 588 | 3 | ||
1992-93 | 39,570,462 | 23,439,000 | 3 | 59.2 | 9,252,300 | 395 | 3 | 13,934,961 | 595 | 3 | ||
1993-94 | 40,146,393 | 23,858,000 | 3 | 59.4 | 9,627,155 | 404 | 3 | 14,133,417 | 592 | 3 | ||
1994-95 | 40,720,763 | 23,693,000 | 3 | 58.2 | 9,889,034 | 417 | 3 | 14,113,346 | 596 | 3 | ||
1995-96 | 41,501,596 | 24,155,000 | 3 | 58.2 | 10,396,426 | 430 | 3 | 14,444,504 | 598 | 3 | ||
1996-97 | 42,262,004 | 24,090,000 | 3 | 57.0 | 10,989,809 | 456 | 3 | 14,845,385 | 616 | 3 | ||
1997-98 | 42,765,774 | 24,342,000 | 3 | 56.9 | 11,465,658 | 471 | 3 | 15,216,797 | 625 | 3 | ||
1998-99 | 43,186,715 | 24,898,000 | 3 | 57.7 | 12,224,454 | 491 | 3 | 15,947,764 | 641 | 3 | ||
1999-2000 | 43,806,726 | 24,951,000 | 3 | 57.0 | 13,007,625 | 521 | 3 | 16,493,342 | 661 | 3 | ||
2000-01 | 44,075,930 | 24,471,000 | 3 | 55.5 | 14,052,654 | 574 | 3 | 17,228,169 | 704 | 3 | ||
2001-02 | 44,604,592 | 24,529,000 | 4 | 55.0 | 14,799,365 | 603 | 4 | 17,827,973 | 727 | 4 | ||
2002-03 | 45,017,360 | 24,621,000 | 4 | 54.7 | 15,648,821 | 636 | 4 | 18,445,892 | 749 | 4 | ||
2003-04 | 45,325,731 | 25,159,000 | 4 | 55.5 | 16,348,784 | 650 | 4 | 18,858,399 | 750 | 4 | ||
2004-05 | 45,625,458 | 25,318,000 | 4 | 55.5 | 17,459,659 | 690 | 4 | 19,551,444 | 772 | 4 | ||
2005-06 | 45,931,617 | 25,252,000 | 4 | 55.0 | 18,850,234 | 746 | 4 | 20,334,252 | 805 | 4 | ||
2006-07 | 46,132,663 | 25,285,000 | 4 | 54.8 | 19,979,068 | 790 | 4 | 21,008,665 | 831 | 4 | ||
2007-08 | 46,155,830 | 25,221,000 | 4 | 54.6 | 21,535,686 | 854 | 3 | 21,836,389 | 866 | 3 |
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 2007-08; Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year" and "2010 Fact Book"; School Transportation News, "K-12 Enrollment/Transportation Data," 2001-02 through 2007-08; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared November 2010.) |