Question:
What percentage of students are transported at public expense and how much does the public spend on transportation on a per pupil basis?
Response:
In 2007–08, some 55 percent of students in public schools were transported at public expense at a cost of $854 per pupil transported, in unadjusted dollars.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2012). Digest of Education Statistics, 2011 (NCES 2012-001), Chapter 2 .
Public school students transported at public expense and current expenditures for transportation: Selected years, 1980-81 to 2009-10 | ||||||
School year | Students transported at public expense (number) | Students transported at public expense (percent of total) |
Expenditures for transportation (in thousands)1
[In unadjusted dollars] |
Average expenditure per student transported [In unadjusted dollars] |
Expenditures for transportation (in thousands)1
[In constant 2009-10 dollars] |
Average expenditure per student transported [In constant 2009-10 dollars] |
1980-81 | 22,272,000 | 59.1 | $4,408,000 | $198 | $11,028,778 | $495 |
1990-91 | 22,000,000 | 57.3 | 8,678,954 | 394 | 14,046,261 | 638 |
1998-99 | 24,898,000 | 57.7 | 12,224,454 | 491 | 16,102,072 | 647 |
2000-01 | 24,471,000 | 55.5 | 14,052,654 | 574 | 17,394,867 | 711 |
2001-02 | 24,529,000 | 55.0 | 14,799,365 | 603 | 18,000,474 | 734 |
2002-03 | 24,621,000 | 54.7 | 15,648,821 | 636 | 18,624,372 | 756 |
2003-04 | 25,159,000 | 55.5 | 16,348,784 | 650 | 19,040,870 | 757 |
2004-05 | 25,318,000 | 55.5 | 17,459,659 | 690 | 19,740,621 | 780 |
2005-06 | 25,252,000 | 55.0 | 18,850,234 | 746 | 20,531,003 | 813 |
2006-07 | 25,285,000 | 54.8 | 19,979,068 | 790 | 21,211,941 | 839 |
2007-08 | 25,221,000 | 54.6 | 21,536,978 | 854 | 22,048,998 | 874 |
2008-09 | — | — | 21,685,125 | 859 | 21,894,947 | 868 |
— Not available.
1 Excludes capital outlay for years 1990-91 to the latest year. From 1980-81 to 1988-89, total transportation figures include capital outlay.
NOTE: The number of students transported were estimated based on data appearing in January issues of School Bus Fleet for 1980-81 to 2000-01 and for average expenditure per student transported (in unadjusted and constant 2009-10 dollars). Later estimates for number of students transported were based on data reported by School Transportation News for 2001-02 onward. 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2012). Digest of Education Statistics, 2011 (NCES 2012-001), Table 184.
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