(46KB)| Table 163. | Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2002-03 |
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| | | Expenditures for | Expenditures for trans-
| | Pupils transported | transportation | portation (in constant
| Average| at public expense | (in current dollars) | 2004-05 dollars)\1\
| daily|_____________________|_________________________|_____________ ___________
| atten-| |Percent| | Average| | Average
|dance, all| | of| Total\2\ (in| per pupil| Total\2\ (in| per pupil
School year| students| Number| total| thousands)|transported| thousands)|transported
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1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8
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1929-30 ...|21,265,000| 1,902,826| 8.9| $54,823| $29| $613,959| $323
1931-32 ...|22,245,000| 2,419,173| 10.9| 58,078| 24| 772,219| 319
1933-34 ...|22,458,000| 2,794,724| 12.4| 53,908| 19| 780,375| 279
1935-36 ...|22,299,000| 3,250,658| 14.6| 62,653| 19| 873,969| 269
1937-38 ...|22,298,000| 3,769,242| 16.9| 75,637| 20| 1,012,147| 269
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1939-40 ...|22,042,000| 4,144,161| 18.8| 83,283| 20| 1,142,375| 276
1941-42 ...|21,031,000| 4,503,081| 21.4| 92,922| 21| 1,142,407| 254
1943-44 ...|19,603,000| 4,512,412| 23.0| 107,754| 24| 1,185,399| 263
1945-46 ...|19,849,000| 5,056,966| 25.5| 129,756| 26| 1,363,512| 270
1947-48 ...|20,910,000| 5,854,041| 28.0| 176,265| 30| 1,450,154| 248
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1949-50 ...|22,284,000| 6,947,384| 31.2| 214,504| 31| 1,736,212| 250
1951-52 ...|23,257,000| 7,697,130| 33.1| 268,827| 35| 1,960,658| 255
1953-54 ...|25,643,871| 8,411,719| 32.8| 307,437| 37| 2,191,478| 261
1955-56 ...|27,740,149| 9,695,819| 35.0| 353,972| 37| 2,524,034| 260
1957-58 ...|29,722,275| 10,861,689| 36.5| 416,491| 38| 2,795,644| 257
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1959-60 ...|32,477,440| 12,225,142| 37.6| 486,338| 40| 3,172,825| 260
1961-62 ...|34,682,340| 13,222,667| 38.1| 576,361| 44| 3,675,687| 278
1963-64 ...|37,405,058| 14,475,778| 38.7| 673,845| 47| 4,188,143| 289
1965-66 ...|39,154,497| 15,536,567| 39.7| 787,358| 51| 4,730,169| 304
1967-68 ...|40,827,965| 17,130,873| 42.0| 981,006| 57| 5,529,611| 323
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1969-70 ...|41,934,376| 18,198,577| 43.4| 1,218,557| 67| 6,183,657| 340
1971-72 ...|42,254,272| 19,474,355| 46.1| 1,507,830| 77| 7,024,033| 361
1973-74 ...|41,438,054| 21,347,039| 51.5| 1,858,141| 87| 7,639,480| 358
1975-76 ...|41,269,720| 21,772,483| 52.8| 2,377,313| 109| 8,217,243| 377
1977-78 ...|40,079,590|\3\21,800,000| 54.4| 2,731,041|\3\ 125| 8,358,512|\3\ 383
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1979-80 ...|38,288,911| 21,713,515| 56.7| 3,833,145| 177| 9,464,831| 436
1980-81 ...|37,703,744|\3\22,272,000| 59.1|\3\ 4,408,000|\3\ 198|\3 9,754,000|\3\ 438
1981-82 ...|37,094,652|\3\22,246,000| 60.0|\3\ 4,793,000|\3\ 215|\3 9,763,000|\3\ 439
1982-83 ...|36,635,868|\3\22,199,000| 60.6|\3\ 5,000,000|\3\ 225|\3 9,765,000|\3\ 440
1983-84 ...|36,362,978|\3\22,031,000| 60.6|\3\ 5,284,000|\3\ 240|\3 9,952,000|\3\ 452
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1984-85 ...|36,404,261|\3\22,320,000| 61.3|\3\ 5,722,000|\3\ 256|\3 10,371,000|\3\ 465
1985-86 ...|36,523,103|\3\22,041,000| 60.3|\3\ 6,123,000|\3\ 278|\3 10,786,000|\3\ 489
1986-87 ...|36,863,867|\3\22,397,000| 60.8|\3\ 6,551,000|\3\ 292|\3 11,290,000|\3\ 504
1987-88 ...|37,050,707|\3\22,158,000| 59.8|\3\ 6,888,000|\3\ 311|\3 11,398,000|\3\ 514
1988-89 ...|37,268,072|\3\22,635,000| 60.7|\3\ 7,550,000|\3\ 334|\3 11,942,000|\3\ 528
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1989-90 ...|37,799,296|\3\22,459,000| 59.4| 8,030,990|\3\ 358| 12,124,249|\3\ 540
1990-91 ...|38,426,543|\3\22,000,000| 57.3| 8,678,954|\3\ 394| 12,423,263|\3\ 565
1991-92 ...|38,960,783|\3\23,165,000| 59.5| 8,769,754|\3\ 379| 12,163,490|\3\ 525
1992-93 ...|39,570,462|\3\23,439,000| 59.2| 9,252,300|\3\ 395| 12,444,076|\3\ 531
1993-94 ...|40,146,393|\3\23,858,000| 59.4| 9,627,155|\3\ 404| 12,621,300|\3\ 529
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1994-95 ...|40,720,763|\3\23,693,000| 58.2| 9,889,034|\3\ 417| 12,603,376|\3\ 532
1995-96 ...|41,501,596|\3\24,155,000| 58.2| 10,396,426|\3\ 430| 12,899,104|\3\ 534
1996-97 ...|42,262,004|\3\24,090,000| 57.0| 10,989,809|\3\ 456| 13,257,095|\3\ 550
1997-98 ...|42,765,774|\3\24,342,000| 56.9| 11,465,658|\3\ 471| 13,588,771|\3\ 558
1998-99 ...|43,186,715|\3\24,898,000| 57.7| 12,224,454|\3\ 491| 14,241,532|\3\ 572
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1999-2000 .|43,806,726|\3\24,951,000| 57.0| 13,007,625|\3\ 521| 14,728,739|\3\ 590
2000-01 ...|44,075,930|\3\24,471,000| 55.5| 14,052,654|\3\ 574| 15,384,948|\3\ 629
2001-02 ...|44,604,592|\4\24,550,000| 55.0| 14,799,365|\4\ 603| 15,920,580|\4\ 648
2002-03 ...|45,067,990|\4\25,168,000| 55.8| 15,647,698|\4\ 622| 16,471,207|\4\ 654
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\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; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2002-03; Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year"; School Transportation News, "K-12 Enrollment/Transportation Data," 2001-02, 2002-03, and 2003-04; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared February 2006.)
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