Table 206.

Students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2009-10

School year	Average daily atten- dance, all students	Students transported at public expense			Expenditures for transportation (in unadjusted dollars)				Expenditures for transportation (in constant 2011-12 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		$728,854		$383
1931-32	22,245,000	2,419,173		10.9	58,078		24		916,732		379
1933-34	22,458,000	2,794,724		12.4	53,908		19		926,414		331
1935-36	22,299,000	3,250,658		14.6	62,653		19		1,037,522		319
1937-38	22,298,000	3,769,242		16.9	75,637		20		1,201,559		319
1939-40	22,042,000	4,144,161		18.8	83,283		20		1,356,157		327
1941-42	21,031,000	4,503,081		21.4	92,922		21		1,356,195		301
1943-44	19,603,000	4,512,412		23.0	107,754		24		1,407,233		312
1945-46	19,849,000	5,056,966		25.5	129,756		26		1,618,678		320
1947-48	20,910,000	5,854,041		28.0	176,265		30		1,721,534		294
1949-50	22,284,000	6,947,384		31.2	214,504		31		2,061,124		297
1951-52	23,257,000	7,697,130		33.1	268,827		35		2,327,574		302
1953-54	25,643,871	8,411,719		32.8	307,437		37		2,601,588		309
1955-56	27,740,149	9,695,819		35.0	353,972		37		2,996,378		309
1957-58	29,722,275	10,861,689		36.5	416,491		38		3,318,817		306
1959-60	32,477,440	12,225,142		37.6	486,338		40		3,766,583		308
1961-62	34,682,340	13,222,667		38.1	576,361		44		4,363,550		330
1963-64	37,405,058	14,475,778		38.7	673,845		47		4,971,906		343
1965-66	39,154,497	15,536,567		39.7	787,358		51		5,615,367		361
1967-68	40,827,965	17,130,873		42.0	981,006		57		6,564,415		383
1969-70	41,934,376	18,198,577		43.4	1,218,557		67		7,340,858		403
1971-72	42,254,272	19,474,355		46.1	1,507,830		77		8,338,501		428
1973-74	41,438,054	21,347,039		51.5	1,858,141		87		9,069,123		425
1975-76	41,269,720	21,772,483		52.8	2,377,313		109		9,755,008		448
1977-78	40,079,590	21,800,000	3	54.4	2,731,041		125	3	9,922,714		455	3
1979-80	38,288,911	21,713,515		56.7	3,833,145		177		11,236,068		517
1980-81	37,703,744	22,272,000	3	59.1	4,408,000	3	198	3	11,579,873	3	520	3
1981-82	37,094,652	22,246,000	3	60.0	4,793,000	3	215	3	11,590,078	3	521	3
1982-83	36,635,868	22,199,000	3	60.6	5,000,000	3	225	3	11,592,715	3	522	3
1983-84	36,362,978	22,031,000	3	60.6	5,284,000	3	240	3	11,813,893	3	536	3
1984-85	36,404,261	22,320,000	3	61.3	5,722,000	3	256	3	12,311,278	3	552	3
1985-86	36,523,103	22,041,000	3	60.3	6,123,000	3	278	3	12,804,805	3	581	3
1986-87	36,863,867	22,397,000	3	60.8	6,551,000	3	292	3	13,402,303	3	598	3
1987-88	37,050,707	22,158,000	3	59.8	6,888,000	3	311	3	13,531,083	3	611	3
1988-89	37,268,072	22,635,000	3	60.7	7,550,000	3	334	3	14,176,808	3	626	3
1989-90	37,799,296	22,459,000	3	59.4	8,030,990		358	3	14,393,167		641	3
1990-91	38,426,543	22,000,000	3	57.3	8,678,954		394	3	14,748,137		670	3
1991-92	38,960,783	23,165,000	3	59.5	8,769,754		379	3	14,439,750		623	3
1992-93	39,570,462	23,439,000	3	59.2	9,252,300		395	3	14,772,845		630	3
1993-94	40,146,393	23,858,000	3	59.4	9,627,155		404	3	14,983,234		628	3
1994-95	40,720,763	23,693,000	3	58.2	9,889,034		417	3	14,961,956		631	3
1995-96	41,501,596	24,155,000	3	58.2	10,396,426		430	3	15,313,026		634	3
1996-97	42,262,004	24,090,000	3	57.0	10,989,809		456	3	15,738,011		653	3
1997-98	42,765,774	24,342,000	3	56.9	11,465,658		471	3	16,131,756		663	3
1998-99	43,186,715	24,898,000	3		12,224,454		491	3	16,906,674		679	3
1999-2000	43,806,726	24,951,000	3	57.0	13,007,625		521	3	17,485,057		701	3
2000-01	44,075,930	24,471,000	3	55.5	14,052,654		574	3	18,264,068		746	3
2001-02	44,604,592	24,529,000	4	55.0	14,799,365		603	4	18,899,937		771	4
2002-03	45,017,360	24,621,000	4	54.7	15,648,821		636	4	19,555,011		794	4
2003-04	45,325,731	25,159,000	4	55.5	16,348,784		650	4	19,992,321		795	4
2004-05	45,625,458	25,318,000	4	55.5	17,459,659		690	4	20,727,037		819	4
2005-06	45,931,617	25,252,000	4	55.0	18,850,234		746	4	21,556,914		854	4
2006-07	46,132,663	25,285,000	4	54.8	19,979,068		790	4	22,271,878		881	4
2007-08	46,155,880	25,221,000	4	54.6	21,536,978		854	3	23,150,761		918	3
2008-09	46,173,477	—		—	21,679,876		860	3	22,983,448		912	3
2009-10	45,913,237	—		—	21,841,557		871	3	22,932,954		915	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 2009-10; 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 January 2013.)