| Table 51. | Public school pupils transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: 1929-30 to 1998-99 |
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| | Pupils transported | Expenditures for | Expenditures for
| Average | at public expense | transportation | transportation (in
| daily | | (in current dollars) |constant 1998-99 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 | $527,002 | $277
1931-32 ..|22,245,000 | 2,419,173 | 10.9 | 58,078 | 24 | 662,847 | 274
1933-34 ..|22,458,000 | 2,794,724 | 12.4 | 53,908 | 19 | 669,848 | 240
1935-36 ..|22,299,000 | 3,250,658 | 14.6 | 62,653 | 19 | 750,186 | 231
1937-38 ..|22,298,000 | 3,769,242 | 16.9 | 75,637 | 20 | 868,793 | 230
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1939-40 ..|22,042,000 | 4,144,161 | 18.8 | 83,283 | 20 | 980,576 | 237
1941-42 ..|21,031,000 | 4,503,081 | 21.4 | 92,922 | 21 | 980,604 | 218
1943-44 ..|19,603,000 | 4,512,412 | 23.0 | 107,754 | 24 | 1,017,507 | 225
1945-46 ..|19,849,000 | 5,056,966 | 25.5 | 129,756 | 26 | 1,170,393 | 231
1947-48 ..|20,910,000 | 5,854,041 | 28.0 | 176,265 | 30 | 1,244,764 | 213
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1949-50 ..|22,284,000 | 6,947,384 | 31.2 | 214,504 | 31 | 1,490,306 | 215
1951-52 ..|23,257,000 | 7,697,130 | 33.1 | 268,827 | 35 | 1,682,964 | 219
1953-54 ..|25,643,871 | 8,411,719 | 32.8 | 307,437 | 37 | 1,881,091 | 224
1955-56 ..|27,740,149 | 9,695,819 | 35.0 | 353,972 | 37 | 2,166,546 | 223
1957-58 ..|29,722,275 | 10,861,689 | 36.5 | 416,491 | 38 | 2,399,687 | 221
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1959-60 ..|32,477,440 | 12,225,142 | 37.6 | 486,338 | 40 | 2,723,446 | 223
1961-62 ..|34,682,340 | 13,222,667 | 38.1 | 576,361 | 44 | 3,155,087 | 239
1963-64 ..|37,405,058 | 14,475,778 | 38.7 | 673,845 | 47 | 3,594,962 | 248
1965-66 ..|39,154,497 | 15,536,567 | 39.7 | 787,358 | 51 | 4,060,219 | 261
1967-68 ..|40,827,965 | 17,130,873 | 42.0 | 981,006 | 57 | 4,746,433 | 277
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1969-70 ..|41,934,376 | 18,198,577 | 43.4 | 1,218,557 | 67 | 5,307,844 | 292
1971-72 ..|42,254,272 | 19,474,355 | 46.1 | 1,507,830 | 77 | 6,029,195 | 310
1973-74 ..|41,438,054 | 21,347,039 | 51.5 | 1,858,141 | 87 | 6,557,474 | 307
1975-76 ..|41,269,720 | 21,772,483 | 52.8 | 2,377,313 | 109 | 7,053,407 | 324
1977-78 ..|40,079,590 |\2\21,800,000 | 54.4 | 2,731,041 |\2\ 125 | 7,174,667 |\2\ 329
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1979-80 ..|38,288,911 | 21,713,515 | 56.7 | 3,833,145 | 177 | 8,124,294 | 374
1980-81 ..|37,703,744 |\2\22,272,000 | 59.1 |\2\ 4,408,000 |\2\ 198 |\2\ 8,373,000 |\2\ 376
1981-82 ..|37,094,652 |\2\22,246,000 | 60.0 |\2\ 4,793,000 |\2\ 215 |\2\ 8,380,000 |\2\ 377
1982-83 ..|36,635,868 |\2\22,199,000 | 60.6 |\2\ 5,000,000 |\2\ 225 |\2\ 8,382,000 |\2\ 378
1983-84 ..|36,362,978 |\2\22,031,000 | 60.6 |\2\ 5,284,000 |\2\ 240 |\2\ 8,542,000 |\2\ 388
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1984-85 ..|36,404,261 |\2\22,320,000 | 61.3 |\2\ 5,722,000 |\2\ 256 |\2\ 8,902,000 |\2\ 399
1985-86 ..|36,523,103 |\2\22,041,000 | 60.3 |\2\ 6,123,000 |\2\ 278 |\2\ 9,259,000 |\2\ 420
1986-87 ..|36,863,867 |\2\22,397,000 | 60.8 |\2\ 6,551,000 |\2\ 292 |\2\ 9,691,000 |\2\ 433
1987-88 ..|37,050,707 |\2\22,158,000 | 59.8 |\2\ 6,888,000 |\2\ 311 |\2\ 9,784,000 |\2\ 442
1988-89 ..|37,268,072 |\2\22,635,000 | 60.7 |\2\ 7,550,000 |\2\ 334 |\2\10,251,000 |\2\ 453
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1989-90 ..|37,799,296 |\2\22,459,000 | 59.4 | 8,030,990 |\2\ 358 | 10,407,050 |\2\ 463
1990-91 ..|38,426,543 |\2\22,000,000 | 57.3 | 8,678,954 |\2\ 394 | 10,663,713 |\2\ 485
1991-92 ..|38,960,783 |\2\23,165,000 | 59.5 | 8,769,754 |\2\ 379 | 10,440,733 |\2\ 451
1992-93 ..|39,570,462 |\2\23,439,000 | 59.2 | 9,252,300 |\2\ 395 | 10,681,579 |\2\ 456
1993-94 ..|40,146,393 |\2\23,858,000 | 59.4 | 9,627,155 |\2\ 404 | 10,833,702 |\2\ 454
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1994-95 ..|40,720,763 |\2\23,693,000 | 58.2 | 9,889,034 |\2\ 417 | 10,818,317 |\2\ 457
1995-96 ..|41,501,596 |\2\24,155,000 | 58.2 | 10,396,426 |\2\ 430 | 11,072,160 |\2\ 458
1996-97 ..|42,262,004 |\2\24,090,000 | 57.0 | 10,989,809 |\2\ 456 | 11,379,447 |\2\ 472
1997-98 ..|42,765,774 |\2\24,342,000 | 56.9 | 11,465,658 |\2\ 471 | 11,664,146 |\2\ 479
1998-99 ..|43,187,202 |\2\24,857,000 | 57.6 | 11,982,509 |\2\ 482 | 11,982,509 |\2\ 482
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\1\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.
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, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished data; and Bobit Publishing Co., School Bus Fleet, January issues. (This table was prepared November 2001.) |
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