North Reading Public Schools transportation spending and bids
Massachusetts
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How much North Reading Public Schools spends on transportation
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), North Reading Public Schools reported spending $1,469,863, or $629 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $374,115 for transporting students to out-of-district placements.
That ranks 177th of the 314 Massachusetts districts that reported in-district transportation spending, and transportation made up 3.4% of the district's total spending.
At $629 per pupil, North Reading Public Schools spends 35% less per pupil than the state median of $961. In-district spending rose 7% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Fiscal 2025 is its highest year in DESE's figures since fiscal 2016. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 34%, compared with 42% statewide.
In-district, FY2025
$1,469,863
Per pupil
$629
Out-of-district, FY2025
$374,115
| Fiscal year | In-district | Out-of-district |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,469,863 | $374,115 |
| 2024 | $1,375,977 | $95,686 |
| 2023 | $1,324,460 | $166,187 |
| 2022 | $1,349,476 | $4,095 |
| 2021 | $1,074,388 | $35,762 |
| 2020 | $1,072,663 | $94,211 |
| 2019 | $1,094,050 | $48,275 |
| 2018 | $1,087,094 | $148,424 |
| 2017 | $1,080,571 | $134,842 |
| 2016 | $977,391 | $32,968 |
State transportation reimbursements, fiscal year 2025
- Transportation for students experiencing homelessness (McKinney-Vento)$641
- Vocational students attending school out of district$1,707
Source: figures North Reading 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 North Reading Public Schools spend on school transportation?
In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), North Reading Public Schools reported spending $1,469,863, or $629 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $374,115 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 North Reading Public Schools' transportation spending going up?
In-district spending rose 7% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Fiscal 2025 is its highest year in DESE's figures since fiscal 2016. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 34%, compared with 42% statewide. At $629 per pupil, North Reading Public Schools spends 35% less per pupil than the state median of $961.
Does North Reading 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 Brookfield Public Schools — $1.5 million in-district
- Wakefield Public Schools — $1.5 million in-district
- Littleton Public Schools — $1.5 million in-district
- Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District — $1.5 million in-district
- Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical — $1.5 million in-district
- Ralph C Mahar Regional School District — $1.4 million in-district