Table 236.90.

Students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1929-30 through 2017-18

School year	Average daily atten- dance, all students	Students transported at public expense1			Expenditures for transportation (in unadjusted dollars)2				Expenditures for transportation (in constant 2019-20 dollars)3
		Number		Percent of total	Total4 (in thousands)		Average per student transported		Total4 (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		$823,866		$433
1931-32	22,245,000	2,419,173		10.9	58,078		24		$1,036,235		428
1933-34	22,458,000	2,794,724		12.4	53,908		19		$1,047,180		375
1935-36	22,299,000	3,250,658		14.6	62,653		19		$1,172,772		361
1937-38	22,298,000	3,769,242		16.9	75,637		20		$1,358,192		360
1939-40	22,042,000	4,144,161		18.8	83,283		20		$1,532,944		370
1941-42	21,031,000	4,503,081		21.4	92,922		21		$1,532,987		340
1943-44	19,603,000	4,512,412		23.0	107,754		24		$1,590,678		353
1945-46	19,849,000	5,056,966		25.5	129,756		26		$1,829,686		362
1947-48	20,910,000	5,854,041		28.0	176,265		30		$1,945,950		332
1949-50	22,284,000	6,947,384		31.2	214,504		31		$2,329,809		335
1951-52	23,257,000	7,697,130		33.1	268,827		35		$2,630,992		342
1953-54	25,643,871	8,411,719		32.8	307,437		37		$2,940,727		350
1955-56	27,740,149	9,695,819		35.0	353,972		37		$3,386,981		349
1957-58	29,722,275	10,861,689		36.5	416,491		38		$3,751,452		345
1959-60	32,477,440	12,225,142		37.6	486,338		40		$4,257,589		348
1961-62	34,682,340	13,222,667		38.1	576,361		44		$4,932,375		373
1963-64	37,405,058	14,475,778		38.7	673,845		47		$5,620,036		388
1965-66	39,154,497	15,536,567		39.7	787,358		51		$6,347,377		409
1967-68	40,827,965	17,130,873		42.0	981,006		57		$7,420,142		433
1969-70	41,934,376	18,198,577		43.4	1,218,557		67		$8,297,801		456
1971-72	42,254,272	19,474,355		46.1	1,507,830		77		$9,425,495		484
1973-74	41,438,054	21,347,039		51.5	1,858,141		87		$10,251,359		480
1975-76	41,269,720	21,772,483		52.8	2,377,313		109		$11,026,655		506
1977-78	40,079,590	21,800,000	5	54.4	2,731,041		125	5	$11,216,223		515	5
1979-80	38,288,911	21,950,060		57.3	3,833,145		175		$12,700,783		579
1980-81	37,703,744	22,294,000	5	59.1	4,408,000	5	198	5	$13,089,407	5	587	5
1981-82	37,094,652	22,213,000	5	59.9	4,793,000	5	216	5	$13,100,941	5	590	5
1982-83	36,635,868	22,120,000	5	60.4	5,000,000	5	226	5	$13,103,923	5	592	5
1983-84	36,362,978	22,196,000	5	61.0	5,284,000	5	238	5	$13,353,933	5	602	5
1984-85	36,404,261	22,040,000	5	60.5	5,722,000	5	260	5	$13,916,156	5	631	5
1985-86	36,523,103	21,872,000	5	59.9	6,123,000	5	280	5	$14,474,019	5	662	5
1986-87	36,863,867	21,901,000	5	59.4	6,551,000	5	299	5	$15,149,405	5	692	5
1987-88	37,050,707	22,056,000	5	59.5	6,888,000	5	312	5	$15,294,973	5	693	5
1988-89	37,268,072	22,321,000	5	59.9	7,550,000	5	338	5	$16,024,874	5	718	5
1989-90	37,799,296	21,877,000	5	57.9	8,030,990		367	5	$16,269,436		744	5
1990-91	38,426,543	22,145,000	5	57.6	8,678,954		392	5	$16,670,680		753	5
1991-92	38,960,783	22,506,000	5	57.8	8,769,754		390	5	$16,322,092		725	5
1992-93	39,570,462	22,845,000	5	57.7	9,252,300		405	5	$16,698,609		731	5
1993-94	40,146,393	23,172,000	5	57.7	9,627,155		415	5	$16,936,424		731	5
1994-95	40,720,763	23,493,000	5	57.7	9,889,034		421	5	$16,912,372		720	5
1995-96	41,501,596	23,955,000	5	57.7	10,396,426		434	5	$17,309,207		723	5
1996-97	42,262,004	24,430,000	5	57.8	10,989,809		450	5	$17,789,592		728	5
1997-98	42,765,774	24,659,000	5	57.7	11,465,658		465	5	$18,234,665		739	5
1998-99	43,186,715	24,717,000	5	57.2	12,224,454		495	5	$19,110,600		773	5
1999-2000	43,806,726	24,669,000	5	56.3	13,007,625		527	5	$19,764,380		801	5
2000-01	44,075,930	24,621,000	5	55.9	14,052,654		571	5	$20,644,942		839	5
2001-02	44,604,592	24,780,000	6	55.6	14,799,365		597	6	$21,363,702		862	6
2002-03	45,017,360	24,807,000	6	55.1	15,648,821		631	6	$22,104,170		891	6
2003-04	45,325,731	25,252,000	6	55.7	16,348,784		647	6	$22,598,487		895	6
2004-05	45,625,458	25,368,000	6	55.6	17,459,659		688	6	$23,428,980		924	6
2005-06	45,931,617	25,448,000	6	55.4	18,850,234		741	6	$24,367,038		958	6
2006-07	46,132,663	25,337,000	6	54.9	19,979,068		789	6	$25,175,203		994	6
2007-08	46,155,880	25,305,000	5	54.8	21,536,978		851	5	$26,168,656		1,034	5
2008-09	46,173,477	25,095,000	5	54.3	21,679,876		864	5	$25,979,532		1,035	5
2009-10	45,919,206	24,779,000	5	54.0	21,819,304		881	5	$25,896,046		1,045	5
2010-11	46,118,737	24,709,000	5	53.6	22,370,807		905	5	$26,027,956		1,053	5
2011-12	46,400,465	24,493,000	5	52.8	22,926,700		936	5	$25,915,386		1,058	5
2012-13	46,553,754	24,355,000	5	52.3	23,237,941		954	5	$25,837,233		1,061	5
2013-14	46,829,716	24,694,000	5	52.7	23,845,036		966	5	$26,104,452		1,057	5
2014-15	47,064,337	24,566,000	5	52.2	23,961,692		975	5	$26,042,522		1,060	5
2015-16	47,248,060	24,413,000	5	51.7	24,325,727		996	5	$26,261,081		1,076	5
2016-17	47,287,406	24,359,000	5	51.5	25,350,714		1,041	5	$26,873,287		1,103	5
2017-18	47,229,863	24,301,000	5	51.5	26,211,145		1,079	5	$27,172,860		1,118	5

1 Includes private school students who were transported at public expense.

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

3 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.

4 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.

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

6 Estimate based on data reported by School Transportation News.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2017-18; Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, "School Transportation: 2000-2001 School Year" and Fact Book, 2010 through 2020; School Transportation News, "K-12 Enrollment/Transportation Data," 2001-02 through 2006-07; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared January 2021.)