Lowell Public Schools transportation spending and bids
Middlesex, Massachusetts
1 procurement record in 2026 tracked by RouteReady, none open right now.
How much Lowell Public Schools spends on transportation
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Lowell Public Schools reported spending $14,760,880, or $1,002 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $1,899,031 for transporting students to out-of-district placements.
That ranks 6th of the 314 Massachusetts districts that reported in-district transportation spending, and transportation made up 4.2% of the district's total spending.
At $1,002 per pupil, Lowell Public Schools spends about the same per pupil as the state median of $961. In-district spending rose 6% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Fiscal 2025 is its highest year in DESE's figures since fiscal 2016. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 50%, compared with 42% statewide.
In-district, FY2025
$14,760,880
Per pupil
$1,002
Out-of-district, FY2025
$1,899,031
| Fiscal year | In-district | Out-of-district |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $14,760,880 | $1,899,031 |
| 2024 | $13,955,227 | $780,057 |
| 2023 | $11,800,959 | $1,430,771 |
| 2022 | $9,886,741 | $1,230,152 |
| 2021 | $6,540,453 | $748,237 |
| 2020 | $6,816,802 | $717,157 |
| 2019 | $9,820,401 | $991,702 |
| 2018 | $9,598,377 | $1,018,302 |
| 2017 | $7,196,575 | $620,954 |
| 2016 | $7,107,578 | $650,591 |
State transportation reimbursements, fiscal year 2025
Source: figures Lowell 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
Transportation 504 Students, addenda 2 issued
Record · due Sep 23, 2026
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How much does Lowell Public Schools spend on school transportation?
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Lowell Public Schools reported spending $14,760,880, or $1,002 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $1,899,031 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 Lowell Public Schools' transportation spending going up?
In-district spending rose 6% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Fiscal 2025 is its highest year in DESE's figures since fiscal 2016. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 50%, compared with 42% statewide. At $1,002 per pupil, Lowell Public Schools spends about the same per pupil as the state median of $961.
Does Lowell 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
- New Bedford Public Schools — $16.8 million in-district
- Fall River Public Schools — $13.6 million in-district
- Brockton Public Schools — $18.0 million in-district
- Lawrence Public Schools — $12.2 million in-district
- Worcester Public Schools — $21.1 million in-district
- Taunton Public Schools — $12.1 million in-district