Belmont Public Schools transportation spending and bids
Massachusetts
1 procurement record in 2026 tracked by RouteReady, none open right now.
How much Belmont Public Schools spends on transportation
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Belmont Public Schools reported spending $2,302,703, or $515 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $2,232,992 for transporting students to out-of-district placements.
That ranks 102nd of the 314 Massachusetts districts that reported in-district transportation spending, and transportation made up 4.6% of the district's total spending.
At $515 per pupil, Belmont Public Schools spends 46% less per pupil than the state median of $961. In-district spending rose 37% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Fiscal 2025 is its highest year in DESE's figures since fiscal 2016. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 118%, compared with 42% statewide.
In-district, FY2025
$2,302,703
Per pupil
$515
Out-of-district, FY2025
$2,232,992
| Fiscal year | In-district | Out-of-district |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,302,703 | $2,232,992 |
| 2024 | $1,677,677 | $2,127,369 |
| 2023 | $1,484,590 | $1,663,342 |
| 2022 | $1,336,060 | $1,464,121 |
| 2021 | $1,094,077 | $1,010,782 |
| 2020 | $1,238,606 | $1,094,323 |
| 2019 | $1,058,330 | $1,096,234 |
| 2018 | $1,081,630 | $1,072,230 |
| 2017 | $932,637 | $905,300 |
| 2016 | $793,982 | $858,034 |
State transportation reimbursements, fiscal year 2025
- Transportation for students experiencing homelessness (McKinney-Vento)$74,897
- Vocational students attending school out of district$21,972
Source: figures Belmont Public Schools reported to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in its End of Year Financial Reports, District Expenditures by Function Code (in-district transportation is function 3300), and DESE's fiscal 2025 transportation reimbursements. Per-pupil figures are DESE's. Out-of-district transportation covers students the district educates elsewhere, such as in other districts, collaboratives or private special education schools. Retrieved October 15, 2026.
1 transportation bid on record
IFB 202629METCO
Open Solicitation · due Aug 14, 2026
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How much does Belmont Public Schools spend on school transportation?
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Belmont Public Schools reported spending $2,302,703, or $515 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $2,232,992 for transporting students to out-of-district placements. The figures come from the district's End of Year Financial Report to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
Is Belmont Public Schools' transportation spending going up?
In-district spending rose 37% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Fiscal 2025 is its highest year in DESE's figures since fiscal 2016. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 118%, compared with 42% statewide. At $515 per pupil, Belmont Public Schools spends 46% less per pupil than the state median of $961.
Does Belmont Public Schools have an open transportation bid?
Not on record right now. RouteReady checks COMMBUYS, BidNet and more than a hundred town and district procurement pages every day and alerts subscribers the morning a matching bid posts.
Districts with similar transportation spending
- Southern Berkshire Regional School District — $2.3 million in-district
- Danvers Public Schools — $2.2 million in-district
- Ludlow Public Schools — $2.3 million in-district
- Dedham Public Schools — $2.2 million in-district
- Bedford Public Schools — $2.4 million in-district
- Groton-Dunstable Regional School District — $2.2 million in-district