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Table 236.90. Students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2011-12
School year Average
daily atten-
dance, all
students
Students transported at
public expense
Expenditures for
transportation (in
unadjusted dollars)1
Expenditures for
transportation (in constant
2013-14 dollars)2
Number Percent
of total
Total3 (in thousands) Average
per student
transported
Total3 (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   $752,558   $395  
1931-32 22,245,000 2,419,173   10.9 58,078   24   946,546   391  
1933-34 22,458,000 2,794,724   12.4 53,908   19   956,543   342  
1935-36 22,299,000 3,250,658   14.6 62,653   19   1,071,265   330  
1937-38 22,298,000 3,769,242   16.9 75,637   20   1,240,637   329  
                         
1939-40 22,042,000 4,144,161   18.8 83,283   20   1,400,263   338  
1941-42 21,031,000 4,503,081   21.4 92,922   21   1,400,302   311  
1943-44 19,603,000 4,512,412   23.0 107,754   24   1,453,000   322  
1945-46 19,849,000 5,056,966   25.5 129,756   26   1,671,322   330  
1947-48 20,910,000 5,854,041   28.0 176,265   30   1,777,523   304  
                         
1949-50 22,284,000 6,947,384   31.2 214,504   31   2,128,157   306  
1951-52 23,257,000 7,697,130   33.1 268,827   35   2,403,272   312  
1953-54 25,643,871 8,411,719   32.8 307,437   37   2,686,198   319  
1955-56 27,740,149 9,695,819   35.0 353,972   37   3,093,828   319  
1957-58 29,722,275 10,861,689   36.5 416,491   38   3,426,753   315  
                         
1959-60 32,477,440 12,225,142   37.6 486,338   40   3,889,082   318  
1961-62 34,682,340 13,222,667   38.1 576,361   44   4,505,464   341  
1963-64 37,405,058 14,475,778   38.7 673,845   47   5,133,606   355  
1965-66 39,154,497 15,536,567   39.7 787,358   51   5,797,993   373  
1967-68 40,827,965 17,130,873   42.0 981,006   57   6,777,907   396  
                         
1969-70 41,934,376 18,198,577   43.4 1,218,557   67   7,579,602   416  
1971-72 42,254,272 19,474,355   46.1 1,507,830   77   8,609,691   442  
1973-74 41,438,054 21,347,039   51.5 1,858,141   87   9,364,074   439  
1975-76 41,269,720 21,772,483   52.8 2,377,313   109   10,072,266   463  
1977-78 40,079,590 21,800,000 4 54.4 2,731,041   125 4 10,245,426   470 4
                         
1979-80 38,288,911 21,713,515   56.7 3,833,145   177   11,601,494   534  
1980-81 37,703,744 22,272,000 4 59.1 4,408,000 4 198 4 11,956,481 4 537 4
1981-82 37,094,652 22,246,000 4 60.0 4,793,000 4 215 4 11,967,017 4 538 4
1982-83 36,635,868 22,199,000 4 60.6 5,000,000 4 225 4 11,969,740 4 539 4
1983-84 36,362,978 22,031,000 4 60.6 5,284,000 4 240 4 12,198,111 4 554 4
                         
1984-85 36,404,261 22,320,000 4 61.3 5,722,000 4 256 4 12,711,672 4 570 4
1985-86 36,523,103 22,041,000 4 60.3 6,123,000 4 278 4 13,221,251 4 600 4
1986-87 36,863,867 22,397,000 4 60.8 6,551,000 4 292 4 13,838,180 4 618 4
1987-88 37,050,707 22,158,000 4 59.8 6,888,000 4 311 4 13,971,149 4 631 4
1988-89 37,268,072 22,635,000 4 60.7 7,550,000 4 334 4 14,637,875 4 647 4
                         
1989-90 37,799,296 22,459,000 4 59.4 8,030,990   358 4 14,861,269   662 4
1990-91 38,426,543 22,000,000 4 57.3 8,678,954   394 4 15,227,784   692 4
1991-92 38,960,783 23,165,000 4 59.5 8,769,754   379 4 14,909,368   644 4
1992-93 39,570,462 23,439,000 4 59.2 9,252,300   395 4 15,253,296   651 4
1993-94 40,146,393 23,858,000 4 59.4 9,627,155   404 4 15,470,528   648 4
                         
1994-95 40,720,763 23,693,000 4 58.2 9,889,034   417 4 15,448,558   652 4
1995-96 41,501,596 24,155,000 4 58.2 10,396,426   430 4 15,811,045   655 4
1996-97 42,262,004 24,090,000 4 57.0 10,989,809   456 4 16,249,852   675 4
1997-98 42,765,774 24,342,000 4 56.9 11,465,658   471 4 16,656,402   684 4
1998-99 43,186,715 24,898,000 4   12,224,454   491 4 17,456,523   701 4
                         
1999-2000 43,806,726 24,951,000 4 57.0 13,007,625   521 4 18,053,716   724 4
2000-01 44,075,930 24,471,000 4 55.5 14,052,654   574 4 18,858,063   771 4
2001-02 44,604,592 24,529,000 5 55.0 14,799,365   603 5 19,514,612   796 5
2002-03 45,017,360 24,621,000 5 54.7 15,648,821   636 5 20,190,990   820 5
2003-04 45,325,731 25,159,000 5 55.5 16,348,784   650 5 20,642,522   820 5
                         
2004-05 45,625,458 25,318,000 5 55.5 17,459,659   690 5 21,401,134   845 5
2005-06 45,931,617 25,252,000 5 55.0 18,850,234   746 5 22,258,001   881 5
2006-07 46,132,663 25,285,000 5 54.8 19,979,068   790 5 22,996,217   909 5
2007-08 46,155,880 25,221,000 5 54.6 21,536,978   854 4 23,903,683   948 4
2008-09 46,173,477   21,679,876   860 4 23,730,928   941 4
                         
2009-10 45,919,206   21,819,304   870 4 23,654,668   943 4
2010-11 46,118,737   22,370,807   888 4 24,252,562   963 4
2011-12 46,388,428   22,907,082   904 4 24,345,101   961 4
—Not available.
1 Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.
2 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.
3 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.
4 Estimate based on data appearing in January issues of School Bus Fleet.
5 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 2011-12; 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 July 2014.)

2014 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest