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Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


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
___________|__________|_____________|_______|_____________|__________|_____________|___________
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
           |          |             |       |             |          |             |
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
___________|__________|_____________|_______|_____________|__________|_____________|___________

\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.
\3\Estimate based on data reported by School Transportation News.

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.)