Table 184.

Students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2008-09

School year	Average daily atten- dance, all students	Students transported at public expense			Expenditures for transportation (in unadjusted dollars)				Expenditures for transportation (in constant 2009-10 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		$694,167		$365
1931-32	22,245,000	2,419,173		10.9	58,078		24		873,104		361
1933-34	22,458,000	2,794,724		12.4	53,908		19		882,325		316
1935-36	22,299,000	3,250,658		14.6	62,653		19		988,146		304
1937-38	22,298,000	3,769,242		16.9	75,637		20		1,144,376		304
1939-40	22,042,000	4,144,161		18.8	83,283		20		1,291,617		312
1941-42	21,031,000	4,503,081		21.4	92,922		21		1,291,653		287
1943-44	19,603,000	4,512,412		23.0	107,754		24		1,340,262		297
1945-46	19,849,000	5,056,966		25.5	129,756		26		1,541,644		305
1947-48	20,910,000	5,854,041		28.0	176,265		30		1,639,605		280
1949-50	22,284,000	6,947,384		31.2	214,504		31		1,963,034		283
1951-52	23,257,000	7,697,130		33.1	268,827		35		2,216,802		288
1953-54	25,643,871	8,411,719		32.8	307,437		37		2,477,776		295
1955-56	27,740,149	9,695,819		35.0	353,972		37		2,853,778		294
1957-58	29,722,275	10,861,689		36.5	416,491		38		3,160,872		291
1959-60	32,477,440	12,225,142		37.6	486,338		40		3,587,328		293
1961-62	34,682,340	13,222,667		38.1	576,361		44		4,155,885		314
1963-64	37,405,058	14,475,778		38.7	673,845		47		4,735,289		327
1965-66	39,154,497	15,536,567		39.7	787,358		51		5,348,127		344
1967-68	40,827,965	17,130,873		42.0	981,006		57		6,252,009		365
1969-70	41,934,376	18,198,577		43.4	1,218,557		67		6,991,501		384
1971-72	42,254,272	19,474,355		46.1	1,507,830		77		7,941,665		408
1973-74	41,438,054	21,347,039		51.5	1,858,141		87		8,637,516		405
1975-76	41,269,720	21,772,483		52.8	2,377,313		109		9,290,759		427
1977-78	40,079,590	21,800,000	3	54.4	2,731,041		125	3	9,450,484		434	3
1979-80	38,288,911	21,713,515		56.7	3,833,145		177		10,701,334		493
1980-81	37,703,744	22,272,000	3	59.1	4,408,000	3	198	3	11,028,778	3	495	3
1981-82	37,094,652	22,246,000	3	60.0	4,793,000	3	215	3	11,038,497	3	496	3
1982-83	36,635,868	22,199,000	3	60.6	5,000,000	3	225	3	11,041,009	3	497	3
1983-84	36,362,978	22,031,000	3	60.6	5,284,000	3	240	3	11,251,660	3	511	3
1984-85	36,404,261	22,320,000	3	61.3	5,722,000	3	256	3	11,725,374	3	525	3
1985-86	36,523,103	22,041,000	3	60.3	6,123,000	3	278	3	12,195,414	3	553	3
1986-87	36,863,867	22,397,000	3	60.8	6,551,000	3	292	3	12,764,476	3	570	3
1987-88	37,050,707	22,158,000	3	59.8	6,888,000	3	311	3	12,887,128	3	582	3
1988-89	37,268,072	22,635,000	3	60.7	7,550,000	3	334	3	13,502,123	3	597	3
1989-90	37,799,296	22,459,000	3	59.4	8,030,990		358	3	13,708,184		610	3
1990-91	38,426,543	22,000,000	3	57.3	8,678,954		394	3	14,046,261		638	3
1991-92	38,960,783	23,165,000	3	59.5	8,769,754		379	3	13,752,551		594	3
1992-93	39,570,462	23,439,000	3	59.2	9,252,300		395	3	14,069,793		600	3
1993-94	40,146,393	23,858,000	3	59.4	9,627,155		404	3	14,270,170		598	3
1994-95	40,720,763	23,693,000	3	58.2	9,889,034		417	3	14,249,905		601	3
1995-96	41,501,596	24,155,000	3	58.2	10,396,426		430	3	14,584,267		604	3
1996-97	42,262,004	24,090,000	3	57.0	10,989,809		456	3	14,989,027		622	3
1997-98	42,765,774	24,342,000	3	56.9	11,465,658		471	3	15,364,033		631	3
1998-99	43,186,715	24,898,000	3	57.7	12,224,454		491	3	16,102,072		647	3
1999-2000	43,806,726	24,951,000	3	57.0	13,007,625		521	3	16,652,929		667	3
2000-01	44,075,930	24,471,000	3	55.5	14,052,654		574	3	17,394,867		711	3
2001-02	44,604,592	24,529,000	4	55.0	14,799,365		603	4	18,000,474		734	4
2002-03	45,017,360	24,621,000	4	54.7	15,648,821		636	4	18,624,372		756	4
2003-04	45,325,731	25,159,000	4	55.5	16,348,784		650	4	19,040,870		757	4
2004-05	45,625,458	25,318,000	4	55.5	17,459,659		690	4	19,740,621		780	4
2005-06	45,931,617	25,252,000	4	55.0	18,850,234		746	4	20,531,003		813	4
2006-07	46,132,663	25,285,000	4	54.8	19,979,068		790	4	21,211,941		839	4
2007-08	46,155,880	25,221,000	4	54.6	21,536,978		854	3	22,048,998		874	3
2008-09	46,212,771	—		—	21,685,125		859		21,894,947		868

---Not available.

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 2008-09; Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year" and "2010 Fact Book"; School Transportation News, "K-12 Enrollment/Transportation Data," 2001-02 through 2007-08; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared December 2011.)