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K-12 Student Enrollment Data
(1997-98 School Year)

Editorial Note About Data Collection

Enrollment data presented here was reported in the 1997-98 STN Buyers Guide, an annual directory of industry information. Enrollment reflects the 1996-97 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.

  ENROLLMENT TRANSPORTED
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
Alabama
739,796*
N/A
397,722*
53.7%
Alaska
135,000*
N/A
44,373*
32.8%
Arizona
321,190*
N/A
256,668**
79.9%
Arkansas
454,313
N/A
319,734
70.3%
California
5,727,303
615,011
1,011,074
17.6%
Colorado
687,167
48,768
283,682
40.3%
Connecticut
518,034
74,189
386,966
74.7%
Delaware
110,549
24,712
93,236*
84.4%
District of Columbia
80,768**
N/A
2,741**
3.4%
Florida
2,175,233*
235,337*
936,650*
43.0%
Georgia
1,321,218
N/A
997,420
75.5%
Hawaii
186,270
N/A
40,025*
21.5%
Idaho
243,563
9,196
110,548
45.4%
Illinois
1,939,454
287,995
1,341,968
69.2%
Indiana
947,952
97,455
706,610
74.5%
Iowa
505,523
44,302
259,838
51.4%
Kansas
463,018*
30,688
203,183*
43.8%
Kentucky
647,235
N/A
432,491
66.8%
Louisiana
719,072
135,494
532,650
74.0%
Maine
212,603
15,065
182,266
85.7%
Maryland
818,583
165,690
596,976
72.9%
Massachusetts
N/A
N/A
407,170
N/A
Michigan
N/A
N/A
840,777**
N/A
Minnesota
836,690*
83,435
809,340*
96.7%
Mississippi
503,979
46,290
399,809
79.3
Missouri
883,327
N/A
454,048
61.7%
Montana
164,627
2,019
58,518
35.5%
Nebraska
290,890*
41,794*
87,565*
30.1%
Nevada
282,132**
N/A
122,822*
43.5% est.
New Hampshire
198,296*
219,771*
141,613*
71.4%
New Jersey
1,241,739
194,491
690,123
55.6%
New Mexico
331,528*
29,887*
167,711*
50.5%
New York
3,200,000
N/A
2,200,000
68.8%
North Carolina
1,200,810
N/A
690,510
57.5%
North Dakota
117,816
7,908
48,236
40.9%
Ohio
1,800,000*
242,163*
1,200,000*
66.7%
Oklahoma
615,612*
13,118*
320,683*
52%
Oregon
563,320*
38,764*
234,000*
41.5%
Pennsylvania
1,815,151
332,625
1,478,570
81.5%
Rhode Island
175,928*
N/A
92,000*
52.3%
South Carolina
640,490*
334,990**
514,523*
80.3%
South Dakota
133,723*
5,000*
44,112*
32.9%
Tennessee
962,645*
N/A
600,000*
62.3%
Texas
3,828,975*
N/A
1,332,836*
34.8%
Utah
479,151
9,800
169,632
35.4%
Vermont
106,341*
N/A
N/A
N/A
Virginia
1,085,716*
N/A
869,811*
80.1%
Washington
980,000*
N/A
493,723*
50.4%
West Virginia
301,314*
N/A
236,895*
78.6%
Wisconsin
849,259
150,140
506,169
59.6%
Wyoming
96,504*
N/A
36,122*
37.4%
TOTALS
42,468,444
3,149,225
24,321,628
57.2%

Source: 1997-98 School Transportation News
Buyer's Guide & Telephone Directory
* Data from 1996-97 school year
** Data from 1995-96 school year

 
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