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