However, of the districts having less than fifty percent of taxable prop- 

 erty owned by residents, approximately two-thirds provided high school 

 transportation regardless of population. As the proportion of resident 

 taxable property increases, the percent of the more sparsely populated 

 districts providing high school transportation declines nnich more rapid- 

 ly than the more densely populated districts. A cost of $3,000 for high 

 school transportation for rural districts having a relatively small amount 

 of taxable wealth would have much more effect on the tax rate than 

 for larger districts with much larger amounts of taxable wealth. 



Table 23. Relation of Per Cent of Taxable Property Resident 



(Farms, Homes, and Local Miscellaneous Businesses) 

 to Appropriations for High School Transportation of Pupils* 



Percent of 

 property resident 



Number of districts 



providing 

 Total transportation 



Percent of 



districts 

 providing 

 transportation 



Under 50 

 50 to 74.9 

 75 or more 



Totals 



Under 50 

 50 to 74.9 

 75 or more 



Totals 



Under 50 

 50 to 74.9 

 75 or more 



Totals 



Population under l.OOfl 



37 25 



44 18 



17 5 



98 



48 



Population 1,000 to 2,500 



15 



27 

 14 



56 



52 

 71 

 31 



10 



16 



6 



32 



All 154 district? 



35 

 34 

 11 



154 



80 



67.6 

 40.9 

 29.4 



49.0 



66.7 

 59.3 

 42.9 



57.1 



67.3 

 47.9 

 35.5 



51.9 



*There are 19 districts which spent nominal sums of less than S250 for transpor- 

 tation, 13 of which spent less than $100. These are not included among the districts 

 providing transportation. 



The relationship between taxable wealth per capita and expend- 

 itures for public transportation of high school pupils was also examined 

 (Table 24) . Among the ninety-eight districts in which population was 

 under 1.000 and taxable property per capita was below $4,000, only 

 about one-fourth provided high school transportation, whereas more 

 than three-fourths of the districts having a valuation per capita of 

 $7,000 or more provided such transportation. Such a relationship is not 

 apparent among the more densely populated districts. For all one hun- 

 dred fifty-four districts, however, the proportion of districts providing 



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