| Table 50. | Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1993-94 |
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| | Pupils transported | Expenditures for | Expenditures for
| Average | at public expense | transportation | transportation (in
| daily | | (in current dollars) |constant 1993-94 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
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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1929-30 ..|21,265,000 | 1,902,826 | 8.9 | $54,823 | $29 | $456,485 | $246
1931-32 ..|22,245,000 | 2,419,173 | 10.9 | 58,078 | 24 | 574,153 | 243
1933-34 ..|22,458,000 | 2,794,724 | 12.4 | 53,908 | 19 | 580,217 | 213
1935-36 ..|22,299,000 | 3,250,658 | 14.6 | 62,653 | 19 | 649,805 | 205
1937-38 ..|22,298,000 | 3,769,242 | 16.9 | 75,637 | 20 | 752,542 | 205
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1939-40 ..|22,042,000 | 4,144,161 | 18.8 | 83,283 | 20 | 849,367 | 210
1941-42 ..|21,031,000 | 4,503,081 | 21.4 | 92,922 | 21 | 849,391 | 194
1943-44 ..|19,603,000 | 4,512,412 | 23.0 | 107,754 | 24 | 881,357 | 200
1945-46 ..|19,849,000 | 5,056,966 | 25.5 | 129,756 | 26 | 1,013,785 | 206
1947-48 ..|20,910,000 | 5,854,041 | 28.0 | 176,265 | 30 | 1,078,205 | 189
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1949-50 ..|22,284,000 | 6,947,384 | 31.2 | 214,504 | 31 | 1,290,891 | 191
1951-52 ..|23,257,000 | 7,697,130 | 33.1 | 268,827 | 35 | 1,457,770 | 194
1953-54 ..|25,643,871 | 8,411,719 | 32.8 | 307,437 | 37 | 1,629,386 | 199
1955-56 ..|27,740,149 | 9,695,819 | 35.0 | 353,972 | 37 | 1,876,645 | 199
1957-58 ..|29,722,275 | 10,861,689 | 36.5 | 416,491 | 38 | 2,078,590 | 196
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1959-60 ..|32,477,440 | 12,225,142 | 37.6 | 486,338 | 40 | 2,359,028 | 198
1961-62 ..|34,682,340 | 13,222,667 | 38.1 | 576,361 | 44 | 2,732,911 | 212
1963-64 ..|37,405,058 | 14,475,778 | 38.7 | 673,845 | 47 | 3,113,928 | 221
1965-66 ..|39,154,497 | 15,536,567 | 39.7 | 787,358 | 51 | 3,516,930 | 232
1967-68 ..|40,827,965 | 17,130,873 | 42.0 | 981,006 | 57 | 4,111,323 | 246
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1969-70 ..|41,934,376 | 18,198,577 | 43.4 | 1,218,557 | 67 | 4,597,613 | 259
1971-72 ..|42,254,272 | 19,474,355 | 46.1 | 1,507,830 | 77 | 5,222,442 | 275
1973-74 ..|41,438,054 | 21,347,039 | 51.5 | 1,858,141 | 87 | 5,680,033 | 273
1975-76 ..|41,269,720 | 21,772,483 | 52.8 | 2,377,313 | 109 | 6,109,606 | 288
1977-78 ..|40,079,590 |\2\21,800,000 | 54.4 | 2,731,041 | 125 | 6,214,641 |\2\ 292
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1979-80 ..|38,288,911 | 21,713,515 | 56.7 | 3,833,145 | 177 | 7,037,201 | 332
1980-81 ..|37,703,744 |\2\22,272,000 | 59.1 |\2\4,408,000 | 198 |\2\7,253,000 |\2\ 334
1981-82 ..|37,094,652 |\2\22,246,000 | 60.0 |\2\4,793,000 | 215 |\2\7,259,000 |\2\ 335
1982-83 ..|36,635,868 |\2\22,199,000 | 60.6 |\2\5,000,000 | 225 |\2\7,261,000 |\2\ 336
1983-84 ..|36,362,978 |\2\22,031,000 | 60.6 |\2\5,284,000 | 240 |\2\7,399,000 |\2\ 345
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1984-85 ..|36,404,261 |\2\22,320,000 | 61.3 |\2\5,722,000 | 256 |\2\7,711,000 |\2\ 354
1985-86 ..|36,523,103 |\2\22,041,000 | 60.3 |\2\6,123,000 | 278 |\2\8,020,000 |\2\ 373
1986-87 ..|36,863,867 |\2\22,397,000 | 60.8 |\2\6,551,000 | 292 |\2\8,394,000 |\2\ 384
1987-88 ..|37,050,707 |\2\22,158,000 | 59.8 |\2\6,888,000 | 311 |\2\8,475,000 |\2\ 392
1988-89 ..|37,268,072 |\2\22,635,000 | 60.7 |\2\7,550,000 | 334 |\2\8,879,000 |\2\ 402
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1989-90 ..|37,799,296 |\2\22,459,000 | 59.4 | 8,030,990 | 358 | 9,014,506 |\2\ 412
1990-91 ..|38,426,543 |\2\22,000,000 | 57.3 | 8,678,954 | 394 | 9,236,826 |\2\ 431
1991-92 ..|38,960,783 |\2\23,165,000 | 59.5 | 8,789,770 | 379 | 9,064,323 |\2\ 401
1992-93 ..|39,570,462 |\2\23,439,000 | 59.2 | 9,252,300 | 395 | 9,252,300 |\2\ 405
1993-94 ..|40,146,393 |\2\23,857,752 | 59.4 | 9,627,190 | 404 | 9,384,102 |\2\ 404
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\1\Excludes capital outlay for years through 1979-80, and 1989-90 to 1993-94. 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, and unpublished data; and Bobbit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, January issues. (This table was prepared June 1996.)
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