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| Table 164. | Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 to 2001-02 |
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| Average | Pupils transported | Expenditures for | Expenditures for
School | daily | at public expense | transportation | transportation (in
year | atten- | | (in current dollars)|constant 2001-02 dollars)
| dance, |_____________________|________________________|_________________________
| all | |Percent| Total\1\| Avera| Total\1\ | Average
| students | Number | of | (in | per pup| (in | per pupil
| | | total | thousands| transpo| thousands)| transported
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
___________|__________|_____________|_______|_____________|__________|_____________|___________
1929-30 ...|21,265,000| 1,902,826| 8.9| $54,823| $29| $570,720| $300
1931-32 ...|22,245,000| 2,419,173| 10.9| 58,078| 24| 717,836| 297
1933-34 ...|22,458,000| 2,794,724| 12.4| 53,908| 19| 725,417| 260
1935-36 ...|22,299,000| 3,250,658| 14.6| 62,653| 19| 812,419| 250
1937-38 ...|22,298,000| 3,769,242| 16.9| 75,637| 20| 940,866| 250
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1939-40 ...|22,042,000| 4,144,161| 18.8| 83,283| 20| 1,061,922| 256
1941-42 ...|21,031,000| 4,503,081| 21.4| 92,922| 21| 1,061,952| 236
1943-44 ...|19,603,000| 4,512,412| 23.0| 107,754| 24| 1,101,917| 244
1945-46 ...|19,849,000| 5,056,966| 25.5| 129,756| 26| 1,267,486| 251
1947-48 ...|20,910,000| 5,854,041| 28.0| 176,265| 30| 1,348,026| 230
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1949-50 ...|22,284,000| 6,947,384| 31.2| 214,504| 31| 1,613,938| 232
1951-52 ...|23,257,000| 7,697,130| 33.1| 268,827| 35| 1,822,578| 237
1953-54 ...|25,643,871| 8,411,719| 32.8| 307,437| 37| 2,037,142| 242
1955-56 ...|27,740,149| 9,695,819| 35.0| 353,972| 37| 2,346,278| 242
1957-58 ...|29,722,275| 10,861,689| 36.5| 416,491| 38| 2,598,759| 239
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1959-60 ...|32,477,440| 12,225,142| 37.6| 486,338| 40| 2,949,377| 241
1961-62 ...|34,682,340| 13,222,667| 38.1| 576,361| 44| 3,416,825| 258
1963-64 ...|37,405,058| 14,475,778| 38.7| 673,845| 47| 3,893,191| 269
1965-66 ...|39,154,497| 15,536,567| 39.7| 787,358| 51| 4,397,045| 283
1967-68 ...|40,827,965| 17,130,873| 42.0| 981,006| 57| 5,140,185| 300
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1969-70 ...|41,934,376| 18,198,577| 43.4| 1,218,557| 67| 5,748,170| 316
1971-72 ...|42,254,272| 19,474,355| 46.1| 1,507,830| 77| 6,529,362| 335
1973-74 ...|41,438,054| 21,347,039| 51.5| 1,858,141| 87| 7,101,466| 333
1975-76 ...|41,269,720| 21,772,483| 52.8| 2,377,313| 109| 7,638,540| 351
1977-78 ...|40,079,590|\2\21,800,000| 54.4| 2,731,041|\2\ 125| 7,769,860|\2\ 356
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1979-80 ...|38,288,911| 21,713,515| 56.7| 3,833,145| 177| 8,798,266| 405
1980-81 ...|37,703,744|\2\22,272,000| 59.1|\2\ 4,408,000|\2\ 198|\2 9,067,000|\2\ 407
1981-82 ...|37,094,652|\2\22,246,000| 60.0|\2\ 4,793,000|\2\ 215|\2 9,075,000|\2\ 408
1982-83 ...|36,635,868|\2\22,199,000| 60.6|\2\ 5,000,000|\2\ 225|\2 9,078,000|\2\ 409
1983-84 ...|36,362,978|\2\22,031,000| 60.6|\2\ 5,284,000|\2\ 240|\2 9,251,000|\2\ 420
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1984-85 ...|36,404,261|\2\22,320,000| 61.3|\2\ 5,722,000|\2\ 256|\2 9,640,000|\2\ 432
1985-86 ...|36,523,103|\2\22,041,000| 60.3|\2\ 6,123,000|\2\ 278|\2 10,027,000|\2\ 455
1986-87 ...|36,863,867|\2\22,397,000| 60.8|\2\ 6,551,000|\2\ 292|\2 10,495,000|\2\ 469
1987-88 ...|37,050,707|\2\22,158,000| 59.8|\2\ 6,888,000|\2\ 311|\2 10,595,000|\2\ 478
1988-89 ...|37,268,072|\2\22,635,000| 60.7|\2\ 7,550,000|\2\ 334|\2 11,101,000|\2\ 490
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1989-90 ...|37,799,296|\2\22,459,000| 59.4| 8,030,990|\2\ 358| 11,270,393|\2\ 502
1990-91 ...|38,426,543|\2\22,000,000| 57.3| 8,678,954|\2\ 394| 11,548,349|\2\ 525
1991-92 ...|38,960,783|\2\23,165,000| 59.5| 8,769,754|\2\ 379| 11,306,871|\2\ 488
1992-93 ...|39,570,462|\2\23,439,000| 59.2| 9,252,300|\2\ 395| 11,567,696|\2\ 494
1993-94 ...|40,146,393|\2\23,858,000| 59.4| 9,627,155|\2\ 404| 11,732,439|\2\ 492
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1994-95 ...|40,720,763|\2\23,693,000| 58.2| 9,889,034|\2\ 417| 11,715,778|\2\ 494
1995-96 ...|41,501,596|\2\24,155,000| 58.2| 10,396,426|\2\ 430| 11,990,679|\2\ 496
1996-97 ...|42,262,004|\2\24,090,000| 57.0| 10,989,809|\2\ 456| 12,323,458|\2\ 512
1997-98 ...|42,765,774|\2\24,342,000| 56.9| 11,465,658|\2\ 471| 12,631,775|\2\ 519
1998-99 ...|43,186,715|\2\24,898,000| 57.7| 12,224,454|\2\ 491| 13,238,565|\2\ 532
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1999-2000 .|43,806,726|\2\24,951,000| 57.0| 13,007,625|\2\ 521| 13,691,461|\2\ 549
2000-01 ...|44,075,930|\2\24,471,000| 55.5| 14,052,654|\2\ 574| 14,301,456|\2\ 584
2001-02 ...|44,604,592|\3\24,436,000| 54.8| 14,799,365|\3\ 606| 14,799,365|\3\ 606
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\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 2001-02; Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year;" School Transportation News, "K-12 Enrollment/Transportation Data, 2001-02 School Year;" and unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 2005.)
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