School Transportation News - Buyers Guide 2011

School Transportation News Magazine | Buyer&#x2019;s Guide 2011

Data and Statistics and Perspectives State

Oklahoma Oregon

Pennsylvania Rhode Island* South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah

Vermont* Virginia

Washington West Virginia Wisconsin* Wyoming

School Year

2009-2010 2009-2010

Total K-12 Public School

Enrollment 650,954

564,064

2008-2009 1,749,381 2001-2002 2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010

150,000 703,116 122,055 948,726

2009-2010 4,847,844 2009-2010 2004-2005

563,273 93,000

2008-2009 1,236,546 2008-2009 1,025,495 2008-2009 2007-2008 2008-2009

281,884 874,633 86,519

K-12 Students Transported

One-Way Daily at Public Expense

354,657 288,001 N/A

102,000 360,258 51,856

332,682

1,389,458 175,439 102,000 949,972 486,078 233,901 550,000 35,185

Total State Transportation Funding/Reimbursement

24,807,234 171,457,612 490,849,359 N/A

129,032,372 0

N/A

277,000,000 63,062,465 N/A

349,900,000 266,161,061 220,977,360 N/A

71,477,408

Total Local Funding

2,480,734 N/A N/A N/A

131,201,761 Unknown

306,772,088 N/A

31,825,724 N/A N/A

115,269,565 N/A N/A 0

Total School Buses

7,600 5,782

21,490 1,500 5,900 N/A

8,698

39,425 2,908 1,800

13,792 10,166 4,815

10,055 1,482

School Bus Drivers with CDL

13,600 6,812

41,711 N/A

8,000 N/A

7,463 N/A

3,083 N/A N/A N/A

4,108 N/A 983

* No data reported this year. Data taken from 2009 Buyer&#x2019;s Guide and state director survey. K-12 enrollment based on U.S. Census for 2006-2007 school year.

Editor&#x2019;s Note: Te transportation and enrollment data reported

here is supplied to the editors of School Transportation News by the pupil transportation section of state departments of education, though occasionally pupil transportation resides in some other agency of state government. Because a central pupil transportation office is nonexistent in several states, data from some states may be unavailable. Further, an asterisk (*) indicates the data is an STN esti- mate based on previous years reports; these data were not supplied by state officials for the current survey. Pupil transportation data is self-reported and unaudited. It is

based on data collected by the states typically for the purpose of reimbursement formulas, by which state governments reimburse school districts and school bus contractors for transportation service to public, private, parochial and charter schools. Finally, it should be noted that states may define the cost of

pupil transportation and the counting of student rides different- ly. Terefore, caution should be exercised when seeking to com- pare states as the varying methodologies and differing reporting periods do not allow precise comparison. Column 3 reports total K-12 student enrollment by state. Tese

data may include charter, parochial and private school enrollment as well. If the data was unavailable from the reporting agency, STN referred to the most recent statistics listed in the 2009 Buyers Guide and the U.S. Census for the 2006-2007 school year.

18 Column 4 shows the number of students transported daily

one-way by yellow bus service at public expense. In addition to public K-12 enrollment, these data may include charter, parochial and private school enrollment as these services may also be pub- licly funded. Moreover, students may take three or more one-way trips each day and each one-way trip may be counted. For these reasons, in a few instances the number of students transported may exceed the number of total K-12 public school students. Column 5 reflects the reported amount of total state funding

or reimbursement for K-12 transportation. Column 6 reflects local government funding for pupil transportation services. Tese data include local funding from property tax levies or other local sources available at the district or municipal level. It is also important to note that additional unreported funds from the federal government through the EPA or state-based environmental organizations may be available for school bus purchases on the state or local level. Column 7 reflects the number of vehicles reported in yellow

school bus service by state. No attempt was made to distinguish between active route buses and spare buses. Moreover, these data do not include public mass transit vehicles that provide daily or charter service to schools. Column 8 shows the number of school bus drivers with com- mercial driver&#x2019;s licenses, or CDLs, in each state. &#x25A0;

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