K-12 Student Enrollment Data
(1996-97 School Year)

Editorial Note About Data Collection

Enrollment data presented here was reported in the 1996-97 STN Buyers Guide, an annual directory of industry information. Enrollment reflects the 1995-96 school year. Transportation data is supplied to the magazine typically by the pupil transportation section of the state department of education; occasionally pupil transportation resides in some other agency of state government. Transportation data is unaudited and may include data from previous school years depending on the reporting procedures used by the states. Furthermore, states may define the cost of pupil transportation and the counting of student riders differently, therefore, caution should be exercised when seeking to compare states as the varying methodologies simply do not allow precise comparison.

State	K-12 Public School Enrollment	K-12 Private School Enrollment	K-12 Student Rides Provided at Public Expense	% Enrolled Students Bused at Public Expense
	ENROLLMENT		TRANSPORTED
Alabama	739,796	N/A	449,602*	60.7%
Alaska	124,754	N/A	46,105*	36.9%
Arizona	321,190	N/A	256,668*	79.9%
Arkansas	449,512	N/A	293,472	65.3%
California	5,467,224	602,578	930,000	17.0%
Colorado	673,438	49,078	265,671	39.5%
Connecticut	514,132	73,450	399,275	77.6%
Delaware	110,245	24,712	108,020*	97.9%
District of Columbia	80,768	N/A	2,741	3.4%
Florida	2,175,233	235,337	936,650	43.0%
Georgia	1,288,505	N/A	972,725	75.5%
Hawaii	186,270	N/A	40,025	21.5%
Idaho	241,432	8,607	111,085	46.0%
Illinois	1,943,623	323,438	1,037,531	53.4%
Indiana	971,276	99,486	694,704	71.5%
Iowa	500,595	44,563	260,756	52.0%
Kansas	463,018	30,688	203,183	43.9%
Kentucky	658,775	N/A	464,699	70.5%
Louisiana	784,589	133,387	596,334	76.0%
Maine	213,866	14,489	182,003	85.1%
Maryland	972,085	166,541	579,560*	59.6%
Massachusetts	N/A	N/A	407,170	N/A
Michigan	N/A	N/A	840,777*	N/A
Minnesota	813,103	N/A	800,550	98.5%
Mississippi	503,602	N/A	503,602	N/A
Missouri	883,327	N/A	452,959	51.3%
Montana	165,547	11,667	70,456	42.6%
Nebraska	288,701	41,047	86,526	29.9%
Nevada	282,132	N/A	78,000	27.6
New Hampshire	192,814	19,484	148,609	77.0%
New Jersey	1,225,502	N/A	617,537	50.4%
New Mexico	331,528	29,887	167,711	50.5%
New York	3,200,000	N/A	2,200,000	68.8%
North Carolina	1,182,643	N/A	711,300	60.1%
North Dakota	118,553	9,625	47,105	39.7%
Ohio	1,800,000	242,163	1,200,000	66.7%
Oklahoma	620,695	13,118	320,656	51.7%
Oregon	499,361	38,764	243,260	48.7%
Pennsylvania	1,787,533	N/A	1,460,392	81.7%
Rhode Island	176,000	N/A	106,775	60.7%
South Carolina	633,493	334,990	404,369	63.8%
South Dakota	134,972	18,000	46,232	34.3%
Tennessee	962,645	N/A	600,000	62.3%
Texas	3,740,260	N/A	1,981,102	52.9%
Utah	473,666	9,885	155,700	32.9%
Vermont	106,341	N/A	106,341	N/A
Virginia	1,076,342	N/A	849,322	78.9%
Washington	971,903	N/A	460,592	50.5%
West Virginia	307,508	N/A	240,770	78.3%
Wisconsin	860,686	100,000	555,000	64.5%
Wyoming	99,859	N/A	37,705	37.8%
TOTALS	45,171,269	2,805,176	24,473,511	54.2%

Source: 1996-97 School Transportation News
Buyer's Guide & Telephone Directory
* Data from 1995-96 school year