Chelmsford Public Schools transportation spending and bids
Middlesex, Massachusetts
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How much Chelmsford Public Schools spends on transportation
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Chelmsford Public Schools reported spending $3,643,289, or $715 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $1,642,595 for transporting students to out-of-district placements.
That ranks 56th of the 314 Massachusetts districts that reported in-district transportation spending, and transportation made up 5.0% of the district's total spending.
At $715 per pupil, Chelmsford Public Schools spends 26% less per pupil than the state median of $961. In-district spending was flat from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Its highest year was fiscal 2024, at $3,675,135. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 35%, compared with 42% statewide.
In-district, FY2025
$3,643,289
Per pupil
$715
Out-of-district, FY2025
$1,642,595
| Fiscal year | In-district | Out-of-district |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,643,289 | $1,642,595 |
| 2024 | $3,675,135 | $1,573,174 |
| 2023 | $3,552,803 | $1,009,670 |
| 2022 | $2,975,496 | $990,901 |
| 2021 | $2,742,440 | $696,947 |
| 2020 | $1,940,770 | $722,870 |
| 2019 | $2,707,173 | $1,122,520 |
| 2018 | $2,668,353 | $1,187,843 |
| 2017 | $2,399,253 | $998,574 |
| 2016 | $2,278,812 | $380,580 |
State transportation reimbursements, fiscal year 2025
Source: figures Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford Public Schools spend on school transportation?
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Chelmsford Public Schools reported spending $3,643,289, or $715 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $1,642,595 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 Chelmsford Public Schools' transportation spending going up?
In-district spending was flat from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Its highest year was fiscal 2024, at $3,675,135. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 35%, compared with 42% statewide. At $715 per pupil, Chelmsford Public Schools spends 26% less per pupil than the state median of $961.
Does Chelmsford 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
- North Andover Public Schools — $3.6 million in-district
- Southbridge Public Schools — $3.6 million in-district
- Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District — $3.7 million in-district
- Somerville Public Schools — $3.6 million in-district
- Dartmouth Public Schools — $3.7 million in-district
- Brookline Public Schools — $3.6 million in-district