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Table 51.Public school pupils transported at public expense and currentexpenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1994-95

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          |           |    Pupils transported  |    Expenditures for      |    Expenditures for
          |  Average  |     at public expense  |     transportation       |   transportation (in
          |   daily   |                        |  (in current dollars)    |constant 1994-95 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
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    1     |     2     |         3     |   4    |        5     |     6     |        7     |         8
__________|___________|_______________|________|______________|___________|______________|_______________
1929-30 ..|21,265,000 |     1,902,826 |    8.9 |      $54,823 |       $29 |     $481,733 |          $253
1931-32 ..|22,245,000 |     2,419,173 |   10.9 |       58,078 |        24 |      605,909 |           250
1933-34 ..|22,458,000 |     2,794,724 |   12.4 |       53,908 |        19 |      612,309 |           219
1935-36 ..|22,299,000 |     3,250,658 |   14.6 |       62,653 |        19 |      685,745 |           211
1937-38 ..|22,298,000 |     3,769,242 |   16.9 |       75,637 |        20 |      794,165 |           211
          |           |               |        |              |           |              |
1939-40 ..|22,042,000 |     4,144,161 |   18.8 |       83,283 |        20 |      896,346 |           216
1941-42 ..|21,031,000 |     4,503,081 |   21.4 |       92,922 |        21 |      896,371 |           199
1943-44 ..|19,603,000 |     4,512,412 |   23.0 |      107,754 |        24 |      930,104 |           206
1945-46 ..|19,849,000 |     5,056,966 |   25.5 |      129,756 |        26 |    1,069,857 |           212
1947-48 ..|20,910,000 |     5,854,041 |   28.0 |      176,265 |        30 |    1,137,840 |           194
          |           |               |        |              |           |              |
1949-50 ..|22,284,000 |     6,947,384 |   31.2 |      214,504 |        31 |    1,362,290 |           196
1951-52 ..|23,257,000 |     7,697,130 |   33.1 |      268,827 |        35 |    1,538,399 |           200
1953-54 ..|25,643,871 |     8,411,719 |   32.8 |      307,437 |        37 |    1,719,507 |           204
1955-56 ..|27,740,149 |     9,695,819 |   35.0 |      353,972 |        37 |    1,980,442 |           204
1957-58 ..|29,722,275 |    10,861,689 |   36.5 |      416,491 |        38 |    2,193,556 |           202
          |           |               |        |              |           |              |
1959-60 ..|32,477,440 |    12,225,142 |   37.6 |      486,338 |        40 |    2,489,505 |           204
1961-62 ..|34,682,340 |    13,222,667 |   38.1 |      576,361 |        44 |    2,884,068 |           218
1963-64 ..|37,405,058 |    14,475,778 |   38.7 |      673,845 |        47 |    3,286,158 |           227
1965-66 ..|39,154,497 |    15,536,567 |   39.7 |      787,358 |        51 |    3,711,450 |           239
1967-68 ..|40,827,965 |    17,130,873 |   42.0 |      981,006 |        57 |    4,338,719 |           253
          |           |               |        |              |           |              |
1969-70 ..|41,934,376 |    18,198,577 |   43.4 |    1,218,557 |        67 |    4,851,905 |           267
1971-72 ..|42,254,272 |    19,474,355 |   46.1 |    1,507,830 |        77 |    5,511,293 |           283
1973-74 ..|41,438,054 |    21,347,039 |   51.5 |    1,858,141 |        87 |    5,994,193 |           281
1975-76 ..|41,269,720 |    21,772,483 |   52.8 |    2,377,313 |       109 |    6,447,526 |           296
1977-78 ..|40,079,590 |\2\ 21,800,000 |   54.4 |    2,731,041 |       125 |    6,558,370 |\2\        301
          |           |               |        |              |           |              |
1979-80 ..|38,288,911 |    21,713,515 |   56.7 |    3,833,145 |       177 |    7,426,425 |           342
1980-81 ..|37,703,744 |\2\ 22,272,000 |   59.1 |\2\ 4,408,000 |       198 |\2\ 7,654,000 |\2\        344
1981-82 ..|37,094,652 |\2\ 22,246,000 |   60.0 |\2\ 4,793,000 |       215 |\2\ 7,660,000 |\2\        344
1982-83 ..|36,635,868 |\2\ 22,199,000 |   60.6 |\2\ 5,000,000 |       225 |\2\ 7,662,000 |\2\        345
1983-84 ..|36,362,978 |\2\ 22,031,000 |   60.6 |\2\ 5,284,000 |       240 |\2\ 7,808,000 |\2\        354
          |           |               |        |              |           |              |
1984-85 ..|36,404,261 |\2\ 22,320,000 |   61.3 |\2\ 5,722,000 |       256 |\2\ 8,137,000 |\2\        365
1985-86 ..|36,523,103 |\2\ 22,041,000 |   60.3 |\2\ 6,123,000 |       278 |\2\ 8,463,000 |\2\        384
1986-87 ..|36,863,867 |\2\ 22,397,000 |   60.8 |\2\ 6,551,000 |       292 |\2\ 8,858,000 |\2\        396
1987-88 ..|37,050,707 |\2\ 22,158,000 |   59.8 |\2\ 6,888,000 |       311 |\2\ 8,943,000 |\2\        404
1988-89 ..|37,268,072 |\2\ 22,635,000 |   60.7 |\2\ 7,550,000 |       334 |\2\ 9,370,000 |\2\        414
          |           |               |        |              |           |              |
1989-90 ..|37,799,296 |\2\ 22,459,000 |   59.4 |    8,030,990 |       358 |    9,513,094 |\2\        424
1990-91 ..|38,426,543 |\2\ 22,000,000 |   57.3 |    8,678,954 |       394 |    9,747,711 |\2\        443
1991-92 ..|38,960,783 |\2\ 23,165,000 |   59.5 |    8,769,754 |       379 |    9,543,884 |\2\        412
1992-93 ..|39,570,462 |\2\ 23,439,000 |   59.2 |    9,252,300 |       395 |    9,764,041 |\2\        417
1993-94 ..|40,146,393 |\2\ 23,857,752 |   59.4 |    9,627,155 |       404 |    9,903,097 |\2\        415
1994-95 ..|40,720,763 |\2\ 23,693,000 |   58.2 |    9,889,137 |       417 |    9,889,137 |\2\        417
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\1\Excludes capital outlay for years through 1979-80, and 1989-90 to 1994-95. 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 September 1997.)



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