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District Transportation Contracts

Palmer Public Schools transportation spending and bids

Massachusetts

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How much Palmer Public Schools spends on transportation

In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Palmer Public Schools reported spending $1,387,287, or $1,263 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $495,731 for transporting students to out-of-district placements.

That ranks 185th of the 314 Massachusetts districts that reported in-district transportation spending, and transportation made up 6.7% of the district's total spending.

At $1,263 per pupil, Palmer Public Schools spends 31% more per pupil than the state median of $961. In-district spending rose 19% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Its highest year was fiscal 2023, at $1,742,886. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 16%, compared with 42% statewide.

In-district, FY2025

$1,387,287

Per pupil

$1,263

Out-of-district, FY2025

$495,731

Palmer Public Schools transportation spending by fiscal year, as reported to DESE
Fiscal yearIn-districtOut-of-district
2025
$1,387,287
$495,731
2024
$1,161,268
$580,545
2023
$1,742,886
$90,313
2022
$946,524
$302,469
2021
$1,031,724
$62,475
2020
$1,148,452
$32,573
2019
$1,197,804
$48,866
2018
$889,588
$275,226
2017
$809,239
$394,918
2016
$820,425
$345,431

State transportation reimbursements, fiscal year 2025

  • Vocational students attending school out of district$3,804

Source: figures Palmer 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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Frequently asked questions

How much does Palmer Public Schools spend on school transportation?

In fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), Palmer Public Schools reported spending $1,387,287, or $1,263 per pupil, on in-district student transportation. It also reported $495,731 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 Palmer Public Schools' transportation spending going up?

In-district spending rose 19% from fiscal 2024 to 2025. Its highest year was fiscal 2023, at $1,742,886. Since fiscal 2019 it is up 16%, compared with 42% statewide. At $1,263 per pupil, Palmer Public Schools spends 31% more per pupil than the state median of $961.

Does Palmer 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.

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