School Transportation News Magazine | Buyer’s Guide 2016


DATA, STATISTICS AND TRENDS Total K-12 State


Oklahoma Oregon


Pennsylvania* Rhode Island* South Carolina South Dakota* Tennessee Texas Utah


ennessee*


Vermont Virginia


Washington West Virginia Wisconsin* Wyoming


School Year


2013-2014 2012-2013 2015-2016 2012-2013 2013-2014 2013-2014 2007-2008 2012-2013


2011-2012 2011-2012 2013-2014 2012-2013 2014-2015 2013-2014 2013-2014


2013-2014 2013-2014 2010-2011 2011-2012 2013-2014


Public School Enrollment


1,922,908


681,574 567,098


1,793,284** 138,900** 140,527


1,742,000** 143,793** 710,995 124,739 956,500


130,600** 1,021,400 4,948,635 612,551 99,741


5,075,840 617,379 84,546


1,252,720 1,040,805


1,258,521 1,046,994 281,013


872,286** 87,254


867,200** 85,000


K-12 Students Transported


One-Way Daily at Public Expense


Unknown 272,498


271,104 N/A


173,197 44,499


3,521 —


162,263 Unknown 872,960* 352,857 221,112


689,700 N/A N/A


872,960 386,085 222,164 550,000 38,4957


38,425


* No data reported. Data taken from 2015 Buyer’s Guide and state director survey. **National Center for Education Statistics, Fall 2015 (projected).


Editor’s Note: Te transportation and enrollment data re-


ported 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 estimate based on a previous year report; these data were not supplied this year by officials in 10 states and the District of Columbia. 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 govern- ments 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 dif- ferently. Terefore, caution should be exercised when seeking to compare 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 re- porting agency, STN referred to the most recent statistics listed in the 2015 Buyer’s Guide. Column 4 shows the number of students transported dai-


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ly one-way by yellow bus service and at public expense. In addition to public K-12 enrollment, these data may include charter, parochial and private school enrollment as these ser- vices may also be publicly 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 funds spent


on K-12 public transportation, if the data is reported or avail- able. Previously, we asked state directors to provide local fund- ing from property tax levies or other local sources available at the district or municipal leve as well as total state funding or reimbursement. Tese have become ever difficult to obtain from state agencies, as many simply no longer keep these re- cords. Additional unreported federal or state funds may also be available for school bus purchases on the state or local level. Column 6 reflects the real or estimated number of vehicles


reported in home-to-school yellow bus service by state. State directors were asked to distinguish between active route buses and spare buses, but the data received was piecemeal or omit- ted, entirely. Moreover, these data do not include public mass transit vehicles that provide daily or charter service to schools. Column 7 shows the number of certified school bus driv-


ers with valid commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, in each state. Te actual or total number of all school bus drivers may be higher, depending on state requirements. 


Total State Transportation Funding/Reimbursement


Unknown N/A $ 191,535,148.80


$ 484,526,066 N/A N/A


$191,123,228 $530,936,820 $1,100,000 N/A


$355,623,542 $119,000,000 $ 17,163,059 $805,931,220


$344,728,938 $65,840,600 N/A


$412,327,922.13 $237,739,234 N/A


$635,091,868 $325,185,844 $84,860,000


$71,140,644 $73,031,631


Total School Buses


7,500 4,537


21,677 228 N/A


5,600 N/A


8864


40,637* 2,494


40,637 2,468


Unknown 14,850 7,302 3,098


15,232 7,298 3,950


10,555 1,777


School Bus Drivers with CDL


10,000 6,536


14,000 N/A N/A


45,300 228 N/A


Unknown 3,142 1,754


Unknown 10,600 4,459


4,302 N/A


756 N/A


1,086


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