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Table 167. Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 to 2000-01

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           |           |  Pupils transported |    Expenditures for     |   Expenditures for
           |  Average  |  at public expense  |     transportation      |   transportation (in
           |   daily   |                     |  (in current dollars)   |constant 2000-01 dollars)
  School   |attendance,|_____________________|_________________________|_________________________
   year    |    all    |             |Percent|  Total\1\   |  Average  |  Total\1\   |  Average
           | students  |     Number  |  of   |   (in       |per pupil  |   (in       |per pupil
           |           |             | total | thousands)  |transported| thousands)  |transported
___________|___________|_____________|_______|_____________|___________|_____________|___________
     1     |     2     |       3     |   4   |       5     |       6   |       7     |      8
___________|___________|_____________|_______|_____________|___________|_____________|___________
1929-30 ...| 21,265,000|    1,902,826|    8.9|      $54,823|        $29|     $560,792|       $295
1931-32 ...| 22,245,000|    2,419,173|   10.9|       58,078|         24|      705,347|        292
1933-34 ...| 22,458,000|    2,794,724|   12.4|       53,908|         19|      712,797|        255
1935-36 ...| 22,299,000|    3,250,658|   14.6|       62,653|         19|      798,285|        246
1937-38 ...| 22,298,000|    3,769,242|   16.9|       75,637|         20|      924,498|        245
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1939-40 ...| 22,042,000|    4,144,161|   18.8|       83,283|         20|    1,043,448|        252
1941-42 ...| 21,031,000|    4,503,081|   21.4|       92,922|         21|    1,043,477|        232
1943-44 ...| 19,603,000|    4,512,412|   23.0|      107,754|         24|    1,082,747|        240
1945-46 ...| 19,849,000|    5,056,966|   25.5|      129,756|         26|    1,245,436|        246
1947-48 ...| 20,910,000|    5,854,041|   28.0|      176,265|         30|    1,324,575|        226
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1949-50 ...| 22,284,000|    6,947,384|   31.2|      214,504|         31|    1,585,861|        228
1951-52 ...| 23,257,000|    7,697,130|   33.1|      268,827|         35|    1,790,871|        233
1953-54 ...| 25,643,871|    8,411,719|   32.8|      307,437|         37|    2,001,702|        238
1955-56 ...| 27,740,149|    9,695,819|   35.0|      353,972|         37|    2,305,459|        238
1957-58 ...| 29,722,275|   10,861,689|   36.5|      416,491|         38|    2,553,549|        235
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1959-60 ...| 32,477,440|   12,225,142|   37.6|      486,338|         40|    2,898,067|        237
1961-62 ...| 34,682,340|   13,222,667|   38.1|      576,361|         44|    3,357,382|        254
1963-64 ...| 37,405,058|   14,475,778|   38.7|      673,845|         47|    3,825,461|        264
1965-66 ...| 39,154,497|   15,536,567|   39.7|      787,358|         51|    4,320,549|        278
1967-68 ...| 40,827,965|   17,130,873|   42.0|      981,006|         57|    5,050,762|        295
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1969-70 ...| 41,934,376|   18,198,577|   43.4|    1,218,557|         67|    5,648,169|        310
1971-72 ...| 42,254,272|   19,474,355|   46.1|    1,507,830|         77|    6,415,771|        329
1973-74 ...| 41,438,054|   21,347,039|   51.5|    1,858,141|         87|    6,977,922|        327
1975-76 ...| 41,269,720|   21,772,483|   52.8|    2,377,313|        109|    7,505,653|        345
1977-78 ...| 40,079,590|\2\21,800,000|   54.4|    2,731,041|\2\     125|    7,634,688|\2\     350
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1979-80 ...| 38,288,911|   21,713,515|   56.7|    3,833,145|        177|    8,645,203|        398
1980-81 ...| 37,703,744|\2\22,272,000|   59.1|\2\ 4,408,000|\2\     198|\2\ 8,910,000|\2\     400
1981-82 ...| 37,094,652|\2\22,246,000|   60.0|\2\ 4,793,000|\2\     215|\2\ 8,918,000|\2\     401
1982-83 ...| 36,635,868|\2\22,199,000|   60.6|\2\ 5,000,000|\2\     225|\2\ 8,920,000|\2\     402
1983-84 ...| 36,362,978|\2\22,031,000|   60.6|\2\ 5,284,000|\2\     240|\2\ 9,090,000|\2\     413
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1984-85 ...| 36,404,261|\2\22,320,000|   61.3|\2\ 5,722,000|\2\     256|\2\ 9,472,000|\2\     424
1985-86 ...| 36,523,103|\2\22,041,000|   60.3|\2\ 6,123,000|\2\     278|\2\ 9,852,000|\2\     447
1986-87 ...| 36,863,867|\2\22,397,000|   60.8|\2\ 6,551,000|\2\     292|\2\10,312,000|\2\     460
1987-88 ...| 37,050,707|\2\22,158,000|   59.8|\2\ 6,888,000|\2\     311|\2\10,411,000|\2\     470
1988-89 ...| 37,268,072|\2\22,635,000|   60.7|\2\ 7,550,000|\2\     334|\2\10,908,000|\2\     482
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1989-90 ...| 37,799,296|\2\22,459,000|   59.4|    8,030,990|\2\     358|   11,074,323|\2\     493
1990-91 ...| 38,426,543|\2\22,000,000|   57.3|    8,678,954|\2\     394|   11,347,443|\2\     516
1991-92 ...| 38,960,783|\2\23,165,000|   59.5|    8,769,754|\2\     379|   11,110,165|\2\     480
1992-93 ...| 39,570,462|\2\23,439,000|   59.2|    9,252,300|\2\     395|   11,366,453|\2\     485
1993-94 ...| 40,146,393|\2\23,858,000|   59.4|    9,627,155|\2\     404|   11,528,330|\2\     483
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1994-95 ...| 40,720,763|\2\23,693,000|   58.2|    9,889,034|\2\     417|   11,511,959|\2\     486
1995-96 ...| 41,501,596|\2\24,155,000|   58.2|   10,396,426|\2\     430|   11,782,077|\2\     488
1996-97 ...| 42,262,004|\2\24,090,000|   57.0|   10,989,809|\2\     456|   12,109,067|\2\     503
1997-98 ...| 42,765,774|\2\24,342,000|   56.9|   11,465,658|\2\     471|   12,412,020|\2\     510
1998-99 ...| 43,186,715|\2\24,898,000|   57.7|   12,224,454|\2\     491|   13,008,254|\2\     522
           |           |             |       |             |           |             |
1999-2000 .| 43,806,726|\2\24,951,000|   57.0|   13,007,625|\2\     521|   13,453,271|\2\     539
2000-01 ...| 44,085,912|\2\24,470,616|   55.5|   14,060,957|\2\     575|   14,060,957|\2\     575
___________|___________|_____________|_______|_____________|___________|_____________|___________

\1\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.
\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, 1929-30 through 1975-76; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1977-78 and 1979-80; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2000-01; and Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year;" and unpublished data. (This table was prepared November 2003.)


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