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Table 50.Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1993-94

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          |           |   Pupils transported  |    Expenditures for     |     Expenditures for
          |  Average  |    at public expense  |     transportation      |   transportation (in
          |   daily   |                       |  (in current dollars)   |constant 1993-94 dollars)
  School  |attendance,|-----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------
   year   |    all    |              |        |  Total\1\   | Average   |  Total\1\   |    Average
          | students  |     Number   |Percent |   (in       | per pupil |   (in       |    per pupil
          |           |              |of total| thousands)  |transported| thousands)  |   transported
----------|-----------|--------------|--------|-------------|-----------|-------------|--------------
    1     |     2     |        3     |   4    |       5     |     6     |       7     |        8
----------|-----------|--------------|--------|-------------|-----------|-------------|--------------
1929-30 ..|21,265,000 |    1,902,826 |    8.9 |     $54,823 |       $29 |    $456,485 |         $246
1931-32 ..|22,245,000 |    2,419,173 |   10.9 |      58,078 |        24 |     574,153 |          243
1933-34 ..|22,458,000 |    2,794,724 |   12.4 |      53,908 |        19 |     580,217 |          213
1935-36 ..|22,299,000 |    3,250,658 |   14.6 |      62,653 |        19 |     649,805 |          205
1937-38 ..|22,298,000 |    3,769,242 |   16.9 |      75,637 |        20 |     752,542 |          205
          |           |              |        |             |           |             |
1939-40 ..|22,042,000 |    4,144,161 |   18.8 |      83,283 |        20 |     849,367 |          210
1941-42 ..|21,031,000 |    4,503,081 |   21.4 |      92,922 |        21 |     849,391 |          194
1943-44 ..|19,603,000 |    4,512,412 |   23.0 |     107,754 |        24 |     881,357 |          200
1945-46 ..|19,849,000 |    5,056,966 |   25.5 |     129,756 |        26 |   1,013,785 |          206
1947-48 ..|20,910,000 |    5,854,041 |   28.0 |     176,265 |        30 |   1,078,205 |          189
          |           |              |        |             |           |             |
1949-50 ..|22,284,000 |    6,947,384 |   31.2 |     214,504 |        31 |   1,290,891 |          191
1951-52 ..|23,257,000 |    7,697,130 |   33.1 |     268,827 |        35 |   1,457,770 |          194
1953-54 ..|25,643,871 |    8,411,719 |   32.8 |     307,437 |        37 |   1,629,386 |          199
1955-56 ..|27,740,149 |    9,695,819 |   35.0 |     353,972 |        37 |   1,876,645 |          199
1957-58 ..|29,722,275 |   10,861,689 |   36.5 |     416,491 |        38 |   2,078,590 |          196
          |           |              |        |             |           |             |
1959-60 ..|32,477,440 |   12,225,142 |   37.6 |     486,338 |        40 |   2,359,028 |          198
1961-62 ..|34,682,340 |   13,222,667 |   38.1 |     576,361 |        44 |   2,732,911 |          212
1963-64 ..|37,405,058 |   14,475,778 |   38.7 |     673,845 |        47 |   3,113,928 |          221
1965-66 ..|39,154,497 |   15,536,567 |   39.7 |     787,358 |        51 |   3,516,930 |          232
1967-68 ..|40,827,965 |   17,130,873 |   42.0 |     981,006 |        57 |   4,111,323 |          246
          |           |              |        |             |           |             |
1969-70 ..|41,934,376 |   18,198,577 |   43.4 |   1,218,557 |        67 |   4,597,613 |          259
1971-72 ..|42,254,272 |   19,474,355 |   46.1 |   1,507,830 |        77 |   5,222,442 |          275
1973-74 ..|41,438,054 |   21,347,039 |   51.5 |   1,858,141 |        87 |   5,680,033 |          273
1975-76 ..|41,269,720 |   21,772,483 |   52.8 |   2,377,313 |       109 |   6,109,606 |          288
1977-78 ..|40,079,590 |\2\21,800,000 |   54.4 |   2,731,041 |       125 |   6,214,641 |\2\       292
          |           |              |        |             |           |             |
1979-80 ..|38,288,911 |   21,713,515 |   56.7 |   3,833,145 |       177 |   7,037,201 |          332
1980-81 ..|37,703,744 |\2\22,272,000 |   59.1 |\2\4,408,000 |       198 |\2\7,253,000 |\2\       334
1981-82 ..|37,094,652 |\2\22,246,000 |   60.0 |\2\4,793,000 |       215 |\2\7,259,000 |\2\       335
1982-83 ..|36,635,868 |\2\22,199,000 |   60.6 |\2\5,000,000 |       225 |\2\7,261,000 |\2\       336
1983-84 ..|36,362,978 |\2\22,031,000 |   60.6 |\2\5,284,000 |       240 |\2\7,399,000 |\2\       345
          |           |              |        |             |           |             |
1984-85 ..|36,404,261 |\2\22,320,000 |   61.3 |\2\5,722,000 |       256 |\2\7,711,000 |\2\       354
1985-86 ..|36,523,103 |\2\22,041,000 |   60.3 |\2\6,123,000 |       278 |\2\8,020,000 |\2\       373
1986-87 ..|36,863,867 |\2\22,397,000 |   60.8 |\2\6,551,000 |       292 |\2\8,394,000 |\2\       384
1987-88 ..|37,050,707 |\2\22,158,000 |   59.8 |\2\6,888,000 |       311 |\2\8,475,000 |\2\       392
1988-89 ..|37,268,072 |\2\22,635,000 |   60.7 |\2\7,550,000 |       334 |\2\8,879,000 |\2\       402
          |           |              |        |             |           |             |
1989-90 ..|37,799,296 |\2\22,459,000 |   59.4 |   8,030,990 |       358 |   9,014,506 |\2\       412
1990-91 ..|38,426,543 |\2\22,000,000 |   57.3 |   8,678,954 |       394 |   9,236,826 |\2\       431
1991-92 ..|38,960,783 |\2\23,165,000 |   59.5 |   8,789,770 |       379 |   9,064,323 |\2\       401
1992-93 ..|39,570,462 |\2\23,439,000 |   59.2 |   9,252,300 |       395 |   9,252,300 |\2\       405
1993-94 ..|40,146,393 |\2\23,857,752 |   59.4 |   9,627,190 |       404 |   9,384,102 |\2\       404
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\1\Excludes capital outlay for years through 1979-80, and 1989-90 to 1993-94. From 1980-81 to 1988-89 total transportation figures include capital outlay.

\2\Estimate based on data appearing in January issues of School Bus Fleet.

NOTE.--Constant dollars are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index computed on a school year basis. 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; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, and unpublished data; and Bobbit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, January issues. (This table was prepared June 1996.)


1996 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest