Table 176.

Students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2006-07

School year	Average daily attendance, all students	Students transported at public expense			Expenditures for transportation (in unadjusted dollars)				Expenditures for transportation (in constant 2007-08 dollars)1
		Number		Percent of total	Total2  (in thousands)		Average per student transported		Total2  (in thousands)		Average per student transported
1	2	3		4	5		6		7		8
1929-30	21,265,000	1,902,826		8.9	$54,823		$29		$678,047		$356
1931-32	22,245,000	2,419,173		10.9	58,078		24		852,829		353
1933-34	22,458,000	2,794,724		12.4	53,908		19		861,836		308
1935-36	22,299,000	3,250,658		14.6	62,653		19		965,199		297
1937-38	22,298,000	3,769,242		16.9	75,637		20		1,117,801		297
1939-40	22,042,000	4,144,161		18.8	83,283		20		1,261,623		304
1941-42	21,031,000	4,503,081		21.4	92,922		21		1,261,658		280
1943-44	19,603,000	4,512,412		23.0	107,754		24		1,309,138		290
1945-46	19,849,000	5,056,966		25.5	129,756		26		1,505,844		298
1947-48	20,910,000	5,854,041		28.0	176,265		30		1,601,530		274
1949-50	22,284,000	6,947,384		31.2	214,504		31		1,917,448		276
1951-52	23,257,000	7,697,130		33.1	268,827		35		2,165,324		281
1953-54	25,643,871	8,411,719		32.8	307,437		37		2,420,238		288
1955-56	27,740,149	9,695,819		35.0	353,972		37		2,787,508		287
1957-58	29,722,275	10,861,689		36.5	416,491		38		3,087,470		284
1959-60	32,477,440	12,225,142		37.6	486,338		40		3,504,024		287
1961-62	34,682,340	13,222,667		38.1	576,361		44		4,059,378		307
1963-64	37,405,058	14,475,778		38.7	673,845		47		4,625,327		320
1965-66	39,154,497	15,536,567		39.7	787,358		51		5,223,933		336
1967-68	40,827,965	17,130,873		42.0	981,006		57		6,106,826		356
1969-70	41,934,376	18,198,577		43.4	1,218,557		67		6,829,145		375
1971-72	42,254,272	19,474,355		46.1	1,507,830		77		7,757,245		398
1973-74	41,438,054	21,347,039		51.5	1,858,141		87		8,436,937		395
1975-76	41,269,720	21,772,483		52.8	2,377,313		109		9,075,010		417
1977-78	40,079,590	21,800,000	3	54.4	2,731,041		125	3	9,231,026		423	3
1979-80	38,288,911	21,713,515		56.7	3,833,145		177		10,452,829		481
1980-81	37,703,744	22,272,000	3	59.1	4,408,000	3	198	3	10,772,669	3	484	3
1981-82	37,094,652	22,246,000	3	60.0	4,793,000	3	215	3	10,782,162	3	485	3
1982-83	36,635,868	22,199,000	3	60.6	5,000,000	3	225	3	10,784,615	3	486	3
1983-84	36,362,978	22,031,000	3	60.6	5,284,000	3	240	3	10,990,375	3	499	3
1984-85	36,404,261	22,320,000	3	61.3	5,722,000	3	256	3	11,453,089	3	513	3
1985-86	36,523,103	22,041,000	3	60.3	6,123,000	3	278	3	11,912,214	3	540	3
1986-87	36,863,867	22,397,000	3	60.8	6,551,000	3	292	3	12,468,061	3	557	3
1987-88	37,050,707	22,158,000	3	59.8	6,888,000	3	311	3	12,587,864	3	568	3
1988-89	37,268,072	22,635,000	3	60.7	7,550,000	3	334	3	13,188,578	3	583	3
1989-90	37,799,296	22,459,000	3	59.4	8,030,990		358	3	13,389,854		596	3
1990-91	38,426,543	22,000,000	3	57.3	8,678,954		394	3	13,720,080		624	3
1991-92	38,960,783	23,165,000	3	59.5	8,769,754		379	3	13,433,191		580	3
1992-93	39,570,462	23,439,000	3	59.2	9,252,300		395	3	13,743,066		586	3
1993-94	40,146,393	23,858,000	3	59.4	9,627,155		404	3	13,938,790		584	3
1994-95	40,720,763	23,693,000	3	58.2	9,889,034		417	3	13,918,995		587	3
1995-96	41,501,596	24,155,000	3	58.2	10,396,426		430	3	14,245,593		590	3
1996-97	42,262,004	24,090,000	3	57.0	10,989,809		456	3	14,640,953		608	3
1997-98	42,765,774	24,342,000	3	56.9	11,465,658		471	3	15,007,251		617	3
1998-99	43,186,715	24,898,000	3	57.7	12,224,454		491	3	15,728,151		632	3
1999-2000	43,806,726	24,951,000	3	57.0	13,007,625		521	3	16,266,217		652	3
2000-01	44,075,930	24,471,000	3	55.5	14,052,654		574	3	16,990,925		694	3
2001-02	44,604,592	24,529,000	4	55.0	14,799,365		603	4	17,582,469		717	4
2002-03	45,017,360	24,621,000	4	54.7	15,648,821		636	4	18,191,879		739	4
2003-04	45,325,731	25,159,000	4	55.5	16,348,784		650	4	18,598,705		739	4
2004-05	45,625,458	25,318,000	4	55.5	17,459,659		690	4	19,282,206		762	4
2005-06	45,931,617	25,402,000	4	55.3	18,850,234		742	4	20,054,234		789	4
2006-07	46,127,761	25,631,000	4	55.6	19,979,044		779	4	20,719,335		808	4

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; Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1987-88 through 2006-07; Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year"; School Transportation News, "K-12 Enrollment/Transportation Data," 2001-02 through 2007-08; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 2009.)