Statistics on Pupil Transportation (1968-1969)

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Produced by the National Commission on Safety Education (National Educational Association)

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- Educational Equity
LDF Attorneys
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- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Case
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
U.S. state
- North Carolina
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- Case Files
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- 61abddd4-3234-f111-88b4-7c1e527f53b4

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Case Files, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Working Files. Statistics on Pupil Transportation (1968-1969), 1970. 61abddd4-3234-f111-88b4-7c1e527f53b4. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e66e357b-7718-4d8e-a8ab-8590667d52a1/statistics-on-pupil-transportation-1968-1969. Accessed June 02, 2026.

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GROWTH OF SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES 

  

Number of Number of Expenditure 
Pupils Vehicles (Excluding capital 

Year Transported Used outlay) 

1968-69 18,467,944 238,102 901,353,107 
1967-68 17,271,718 230,578 822,595,699 
1966-67 16,684,922 221,722 763,600,617 
1965-66 16,423,396 210,692 696,325,421 

1964-65 15,413,000 206,000 642,627,000 
1963-64 15,559,524 200,116 612,310,333 
1962-63 14,247,753 195,397 578,017,634 
1961-62 13,687,547 191,160 540,168,114 
1960-61 13,106,779 185,869 505,754,515 
1959-60 12,700,989 179,780 474,202,128 
1958-59 12,021,372 176,222 441,402,595 
1957-58 11,343,132 170,689 419,539,863 
1956-57 10,683,643 164,863 382,751,973 
1955-56 10,199,276 159,764 356,349,783 
1954-55 9,509,699 154,057 329,035,047 

NOTE: Data for 1964-65 and prior years are 
based on reports compiled by the 
U. S. Office of Education. 

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SAFETY EDUCATION 
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 
1201 Sixteenth Street, N. W. 

Washington, D. C. 20036 

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STATISTICS ON SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION 
1968 - 1969 

Based on Reports from State Departments of Education 

Prepared by 
National Commission on Safety Education 

National Education Association 

  

  

  

  

Number of Number of Vehicles Used Expenditure 
enrolled of public 

pupils By Type: By Ownership funds for 
State transported Total Buses Station wagons,| Publicly Privately | transportation 

at public cars, other owned owned (excluding 
expense capital outlay) 

Total 18,467,944 238,102 195,119 19,250 166,688 71,446 901,353,107 

Alabama 394,864 5,416 a 5,368 48 5,291 125 NA 
Alaska 25,389 324 310 14 88 236 3,285,362 
Arizona 133,666 1,464 1,399 65 1,366 98 5,336,948 
Arkansas 222,291 3,610 3.53) 79 3,456 154 9,984,571 
California b 910,385 11,495 NA NA 8,549 2,946 Cc 68,890,113 

Colorado 160,775 3,085 NA NA 2,473 | 612 9,039,203 
* Connecticut 
Delaware 65,956 846 826 20 38 808 3,718,771 
DiC. 3,700 90 58 32 55 35 700,000 
Florida d 387,397 4,161 e 3,985 176 3,823 338 14,779,398 

Georgia 537,626 5,294 5.213 81 4,911 f 383 21,143,345 
Hawaii 21,115 333 236 97 19 314 1,937,000 
Idaho 86,750 1,406 1,376 30 1,074 332 4,838,211 
I11inois 682,346 9,335 8,168 1,367 6,122 3,413 10,729,934 
Indiana 586,614 7,003 6,917 86 3,555 3,448 32,746,748 

Iowa 282,288 6,483 5,990 493 6,244 239 21,311,500 
Kansas 162,202 : 5,758 4,114 1,644 4,181 1.577 13,119,614 
Kentucky 397,099 "18,116 4,732 384 4,182 934 16,695,529 
Louisiana 525,700 6,133 5,935 198 1,898 g 4,235 30,994,779 
Maine 139,561 1,497 1,407 90 881 616 NA 

Maryland 382,307 4,235 4,075 160 1,802 2,433 22,189,879 
Massachusetts 480,000 5,400 NA NA C 425 Cc 4,975 29,077,178 
Michigan c 800,000 €10,125 ¢ 10,000 c 125 c 10,025 c 100 ¢ 29,000,000 
Minnesota 370,696 6,363 5.315 548 3,485 2,878 ~ 28,369,794 
Mississippi 313,517 5,364 5,339 25 5,352 12 11,682,412 

Missouri 548,689 h 6,834 6,589 245 4,441 2,386 27,397,817 
Montana 44,411 = 1,125 1,074 51 530 595 c 4,923,484 
Nebraska 60,053 2,180 1,801 379 1,945 235 c 6,037,163 
Nevada 39,156 i641 410 231 363 i279 2,222,479 
New Hampshire 79,440 1,040 853 187 159 881 4,238,503 

New Jersey 535,042 8,171 6,128 2,043 2,542 5,629 . 36,486,833 
New Mexico 113,330 1,683 1,498 185 209 1,474 J 7,605,290 
New York 2,164,569 k 18,659 14,803 3,856 9,855 8,804 128,390,209 
North Carolina 610,760 9,275 9,275 0 9,275 0 11,616,273 
North Dakota 56,807 1,854 1,726 128 1,303 551 3,388,948 

Ohio 1,189,883 14,286 11,292 2,994 13,280 1,006 40,554,889 
Oklahoma 197,306 3,518 3,476 42 3,422 96 11,957,015 
Oregon 233,222 2,888 1 2,726 162 2,144 582 11,559,018 
Pennsylvania c1,277,463 12,899 11,306 1,593 3,077 9,322 58,313,835 
Rhode Island 82,622 763 639 124 159 604 8,573,116 

South ors 41,712 1,153 1,055 98 754 399 3,443,759 
Tenncsses 435,559 4,847 4,507 340 3,587 1,260 15,284,334 

Texas 505,346 7,880 | 7,785 95 7,778 102 18,471,425 

Utah 81,567 880 847 33 819 61 3,626,603 

908 738 170 441 467 3,296,820 

Virginia 598.773 6,599 6,587 12 6,554 45 20,589,355 
Washington 350,820 3,953 NA NA 3,803 150 21,333,069 

West Virginia 257,999 2,314 2,273 41 2,273 41 13,395,901 hint 486.949 7.007 6,558 449 2,047 4,960 38,168,394 
Wyoming 25,608 825 825 NA 579 246 3,196,817               
  

* -- Figures not available until June 1970 f -- Includes 82 jointly owned buses and 81 station 
A -- Not available wagons and cars 
a -- Includes 362 spares -- 71 jointly owned 
b -- Districts paying all transportation costs (no 333 7 not reported 

state reimbursement) transport an estimated i -- Includes 231 parental vehicles 
100,000 pupils i Including capital outlay 

TY 
} c -- Estimated figure -- Excludes public (common) carriers 

d -- K-12 -- Ownership on 162 cars and station wagons not 
e -- Includes 456 spare buses available 

(Discrepancies in the figures for some states are due to 
variations in record-keeping systems) [||fad92d01-8a5f-412a-9fe8-a87a377f436c||]

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