Boston Public Schools transportation spending and bids
Suffolk, Massachusetts
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How much Boston Public Schools spends on transportation
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Boston Public Schools reported spending $134,313,710, or $2,853 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $35,409,773 for transporting students to out-of-district placements.
That ranks 1st of the 314 Massachusetts districts that reported in-district transportation spending, and transportation made up 8.1% of the district's total spending.
At $2,853 per pupil, Boston Public Schools spends 3 times the state median of $961 per pupil. In-district spending rose 13% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Fiscal 2025 is its highest year in DESE's figures since fiscal 2016. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 28%, compared with 42% statewide.
In-district, FY2025
$134,313,710
Per pupil
$2,853
Out-of-district, FY2025
$35,409,773
| Fiscal year | In-district | Out-of-district |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $134,313,710 | $35,409,773 |
| 2024 | $119,056,383 | $37,967,473 |
| 2023 | $115,949,933 | $37,640,291 |
| 2022 | $102,453,651 | $30,305,093 |
| 2021 | $86,537,415 | $31,402,517 |
| 2020 | $110,281,053 | $4,953,946 |
| 2019 | $104,758,246 | $12,780,557 |
| 2018 | $95,349,986 | $17,741,594 |
| 2017 | $92,682,940 | $17,072,397 |
| 2016 | $84,582,082 | $18,704,220 |
State transportation reimbursements, fiscal year 2025
- Transportation for students experiencing homelessness (McKinney-Vento)$4,355,641
- Vocational students attending school out of district$4,975
Source: figures Boston 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.
Transportation bids
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How much does Boston Public Schools spend on school transportation?
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Boston Public Schools reported spending $134,313,710, or $2,853 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $35,409,773 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 Boston Public Schools' transportation spending going up?
In-district spending rose 13% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Fiscal 2025 is its highest year in DESE's figures since fiscal 2016. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 28%, compared with 42% statewide. At $2,853 per pupil, Boston Public Schools spends 3 times the state median of $961 per pupil.
Does Boston 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
- Springfield Public Schools — $31.7 million in-district
- Worcester Public Schools — $21.1 million in-district
- Brockton Public Schools — $18.0 million in-district
- New Bedford Public Schools — $16.8 million in-district
- Lowell Public Schools — $14.8 million in-district
- Fall River Public Schools — $13.6 million in-district