Table 236.90.

Students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2016-17

School year	Average daily atten- dance, all students	Students transported at public expense			Expenditures for transportation (in unadjusted dollars)1				Expenditures for transportation (in constant 2018-19 dollars)2
		Number		Percent of total	Total3 (in thousands)		Average per student transported		Total3 (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		$811,177		$426
1931-32	22,245,000	2,419,173		10.9	58,078		24		1,020,275		422
1933-34	22,458,000	2,794,724		12.4	53,908		19		1,031,051		369
1935-36	22,299,000	3,250,658		14.6	62,653		19		1,154,708		355
1937-38	22,298,000	3,769,242		16.9	75,637		20		1,337,273		355
1939-40	22,042,000	4,144,161		18.8	83,283		20		1,509,332		364
1941-42	21,031,000	4,503,081		21.4	92,922		21		1,509,375		335
1943-44	19,603,000	4,512,412		23.0	107,754		24		1,566,177		347
1945-46	19,849,000	5,056,966		25.5	129,756		26		1,801,504		356
1947-48	20,910,000	5,854,041		28.0	176,265		30		1,915,978		327
1949-50	22,284,000	6,947,384		31.2	214,504		31		2,293,924		330
1951-52	23,257,000	7,697,130		33.1	268,827		35		2,590,468		337
1953-54	25,643,871	8,411,719		32.8	307,437		37		2,895,432		344
1955-56	27,740,149	9,695,819		35.0	353,972		37		3,334,813		344
1957-58	29,722,275	10,861,689		36.5	416,491		38		3,693,671		340
1959-60	32,477,440	12,225,142		37.6	486,338		40		4,192,011		343
1961-62	34,682,340	13,222,667		38.1	576,361		44		4,856,404		367
1963-64	37,405,058	14,475,778		38.7	673,845		47		5,533,473		382
1965-66	39,154,497	15,536,567		39.7	787,358		51		6,249,611		402
1967-68	40,827,965	17,130,873		42.0	981,006		57		7,305,852		426
1969-70	41,934,376	18,198,577		43.4	1,218,557		67		8,169,993		449
1971-72	42,254,272	19,474,355		46.1	1,507,830		77		9,280,318		477
1973-74	41,438,054	21,347,039		51.5	1,858,141		87		10,093,462		473
1975-76	41,269,720	21,772,483		52.8	2,377,313		109		10,856,816		499
1977-78	40,079,590	21,800,000	4	54.4	2,731,041		125	4	11,043,464		507	4
1979-80	38,288,911	21,713,515		56.7	3,833,145		177		12,505,158		576
1980-81	37,703,744	22,272,000	4	59.1	4,408,000	4	198	4	12,887,796	4	579	4
1981-82	37,094,652	22,246,000	4	60.0	4,793,000	4	215	4	12,899,153	4	580	4
1982-83	36,635,868	22,199,000	4	60.6	5,000,000	4	225	4	12,902,089	4	581	4
1983-84	36,362,978	22,031,000	4	60.6	5,284,000	4	240	4	13,148,248	4	597	4
1984-85	36,404,261	22,320,000	4	61.3	5,722,000	4	256	4	13,701,811	4	614	4
1985-86	36,523,103	22,041,000	4	60.3	6,123,000	4	278	4	14,251,082	4	647	4
1986-87	36,863,867	22,397,000	4	60.8	6,551,000	4	292	4	14,916,065	4	666	4
1987-88	37,050,707	22,158,000	4	59.8	6,888,000	4	311	4	15,059,391	4	680	4
1988-89	37,268,072	22,635,000	4	60.7	7,550,000	4	334	4	15,778,050	4	697	4
1989-90	37,799,296	22,459,000	4	59.4	8,030,990		358	4	16,018,845		713	4
1990-91	38,426,543	22,000,000	4	57.3	8,678,954		394	4	16,413,909		746	4
1991-92	38,960,783	23,165,000	4	59.5	8,769,754		379	4	16,070,691		694	4
1992-93	39,570,462	23,439,000	4	59.2	9,252,300		395	4	16,441,407		701	4
1993-94	40,146,393	23,858,000	4	59.4	9,627,155		404	4	16,675,560		699	4
1994-95	40,720,763	23,693,000	4	58.2	9,889,034		417	4	16,651,879		703	4
1995-96	41,501,596	24,155,000	4	58.2	10,396,426		430	4	17,042,601		706	4
1996-97	42,262,004	24,090,000	4	57.0	10,989,809		456	4	17,515,587		727	4
1997-98	42,765,774	24,342,000	4	56.9	11,465,658		471	4	17,953,805		738	4
1998-99	43,186,715	24,898,000	4	57.7	12,224,454		491	4	18,816,248		756	4
1999-2000	43,806,726	24,951,000	4	57.0	13,007,625		521	4	19,459,958		780	4
2000-01	44,075,930	24,471,000	4	55.5	14,052,654		574	4	20,326,957		831	4
2001-02	44,604,592	24,529,000	5	55.0	14,799,365		603	5	21,034,646		858	5
2002-03	45,017,360	24,621,000	5	54.7	15,648,821		636	5	21,763,709		884	5
2003-04	45,325,731	25,159,000	5	55.5	16,348,784		650	5	22,250,412		884	5
2004-05	45,625,458	25,318,000	5	55.5	17,459,659		690	5	23,068,114		911	5
2005-06	45,931,617	25,252,000	5	55.0	18,850,234		746	5	23,991,723		950	5
2006-07	46,132,663	25,285,000	5	54.8	19,979,068		790	5	24,787,441		980	5
2007-08	46,155,880	25,221,000	4	54.6	21,536,978		854	4	25,765,592		1,022	4
2008-09	46,173,477	---		---	21,679,876		860	4	25,579,381		1,015	4
2009-10	45,919,206	---		---	21,819,304		870	4	25,497,181		1,017	4
2010-11	46,118,737	---		---	22,370,807		888	4	25,627,059		1,018	4
2011-12	46,400,465	---		---	22,926,700		905	4	25,516,223		1,007	4
2012-13	46,553,754	---		---	23,237,941		914	4	25,439,273		1,001	4
2013-14	46,829,716	---		---	23,845,036		933	4	25,702,376		1,005	4
2014-15	47,064,337	---		---	23,961,692		932	4	25,641,401		998	4
2015-16	47,248,060	---		---	24,325,727		943	4	25,856,594		1,002	4
2016-17	47,285,848	---		---	25,350,286		982	4	26,458,922		1,025	4

---Not available.

1 Unadjusted (or "current") dollars have not been adjusted to compensate for inflation.

2 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.

3 Excludes capital outlay for years through 1979-80 and for 1989-90 to the latest year. From 1980-81 to 1988-89, total transportation figures include capital outlay.

4 Estimate based on data appearing in January issues of School Bus Fleet.

5 Estimate based on data reported by School Transportation News.

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 2016-17; 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 February 2020.)