K-12 Student Transportation Statistics 2024-25

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December 8, 2025

K-12 Student Transportation Statistics 2024-25 — How does each U.S. state measure up to others' student transportation statistics? Find out in this annual report.
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Every year, School Bus Fleet rounds up key K-12 public transportation statistics from every single U.S. state to find out how each compares — and to find a nationwide snapshot of the industry. So, here's what we found out for the most recent school year.

State-by-State School Bus Statistics — 2024-25

State	Total # Yellow Buses	Total # Contractor-Owned Buses	Total # Bus Drivers	Public K-12 Students Transported Daily	Public K-12 Students Enrolled	% of Public K-12 Students Transported	Total Annual Route Mileage	Total State Aid Paid for Student Transportation
Alabama*	9,984	352	11,800	329,837	729,242	45%	89,370,000	$385,850,572.00
Alaska	933	655	766	73,968	126,729	58%	10,001,324	$70,743,841.00
Arizona	6,903	184	5,878	Not Available	1,079,633	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
Arkansas	5,339	292	8,616	338,653	466,818	73%	47,045,700	Not Available
California	28,594	16,303	70,000**	Not Available	5,806,221	Not Available	195,405,339	$836,312,454.00**
Colorado*	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	279,043	881,065	32%	46,765,451	$71,845,006.00
Connecticut	10,000**	Not Available	Not Available	330,000	508,402	65%	Not Available	Not Available
Delaware	1,713	1,038	2,000	127,595**	142,495	90%	20,826,189**	$180,406,200.00
Florida*	16,928	Not Available	10,361	998,814	2,851,850	35%	208,593,814	$1,263,466,978.00
Georgia	20,488	Not Available	13,964	885,615	1,683,786	53%	133,644,780	$148,750,195.00
Hawaii	792	732	565	25,885	165,340	16%	8,708,926	$84,736,557.00
Idaho	3,207	1,070	Not Available	84,006	306,937	27%	208,658,070	$127,688,576.00
Illinois	26,403	Not Available	33,618	963,359	1,900,000	51%	213,841,424	$809,366,100.00
Indiana	15,534	1,934	15,859	676,123**	1,040,190	65%	Not Available	$0.00
Iowa	6,299	1,346	12,721	222,988	480,665	46%	38,453,949	$217,848,616.00
Kansas*	3,900	1,169	9,301	192,852	478,858	40%	34,208,401	$112,316,612.00
Kentucky	8,953	Not Available	8,224	301,583*	635,563	48%*	101,665,365	$367,321,500.00
Louisiana	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	673,801	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
Maine	3,400	13	2,674	144,000	171,055	84%	276,000	Not Available
Maryland	8,633	3,918	8,716	631,784	891,553	71%	118,591,491	$363,354,268.00
Massachusetts*	9,700	7,850**	9,570	400,000**	915,932	44%	Not Available	Not Available
Michigan	16,246	Not Available	17,000	700,000	1,427,386	49%	162,000,000	$128,925,000.00
Minnesota	19,663	14,417	Not Available	724,160	876,746	83%	165,982,966	$394,399,188.89
Mississippi	5,062	284*	Not Available	367,386	426,523	86%	35,050,826	$225,937,857.00*
Missouri	11,258	Not Available	Not Available	437,172	859,355	51%	123,379,613	$361,366,614.00
Montana	3,815	2,308	2,072	60,573	144,456	42%	15,251,034	$10,521,907.48
Nebraska	3,470	Not Available	Not Available	46,129	331,459	14%	16,508,838	Not Available
Nevada*	2,340	20	1,708	144,833	479,578	30%	38,038,736	$38,814,640.22
New Hampshire	3,400	Not Available	3,324	159,000**	162,660	98%**	Not Available	$832,858.05
New Jersey* **	21,700	Not Available	Not Available	775,000	1,381,182	56%	Not Available	$516,230,692.00
New Mexico	1,897	680	Not Available	123,905*	295,264	42%*	Not Available	$133,793,300.00
New York	50,000	30,000**	34,340*	2,185,000**	2,215,936	95%	Not Available	$2,000,000,000.00
North Carolina	10,713	Not Available	11,281	609,949	1,538,563	40%	147,259,555	$672,903,362.00
North Dakota	2,073	Not Available	526	39,802	116,598	34%	21,522,477	$24,352,888.00
Ohio	10,784	1,225	18,842	734,229	1,680,029	44%	204,022,800	$819,787,000.00
Oklahoma*	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	697,358	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
Oregon	5,726	2,399	Not Available	242,003	545,088	44%	52,506,647	Not Available
Pennsylvania*	28,943	Not Available	43,272	1,408,211	1,742,819	81%	435,162,966	Not Available
Rhode Island	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	135,978	Not Available	Not Available	$12,470,802.00
South Carolina	7,030	110	5,400	361,000	798,267	45%	78,456,279	$175,000,000.00
South Dakota	1,849	371	3,400	54,925	137,313	40%	13,127,123	$52,921,000.00
Tennessee	9,500	2,550	9,228***	510,483	971,741	53%	99,750,000	Not Available
Texas*	45,745	0	Not Available	1,712,929	5,504,150	31%	354,193,790	$395,223,070.00
Utah	3,151	44	3,204	188,079	672,662	28%	25,188,512	$125,605,896.00
Vermont	Not Available	Not Available	2,202	61,658	84,463	73%	Not Available	$23,520,000.00
Virginia	15,012	115	16,135	777,845	1,258,792	62%	200,951,970	$868,989,334.00
Washington	10,166	1,197	10,557	344,927	1,105,384	31%	91,261,056	$754,032,800.80
West Virginia	3,950	0	2,775	172,011	241,024	71%	41,105,909	$99,231,183.00
Wisconsin	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	372,120	805,881	46%	Not Available	$46,800,000.00
Wyoming	1,845	0	655	26,731	90,204	30%	11,862,745	Not Available
TOTAL	483,041	92,576	410,554	20,346,165	48,662,994		3,808,640,065	$12,921,666,868.44
AVERAGE	10,978	2,986	11,730	452,137	973,260	52%	102,936,218	$340,043,864.96

_{*Latest available data.}

_**Estimate.

_{***Includes office staff.}

Note: Many states don’t track or provide data in all categories, so these totals and averages don’t necessarily capture an accurate nationwide picture.

Get more industry information and statistics in School Bus Fleet's 2026 Fact Book, available in full Dec. 11, 2025.

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School Bus Fleet gathers state-level school transportation data directly from each state’s designated transportation authority. In most cases, this comes from state departments of education, though some states report through their highway patrol, department of public safety, or equivalent agencies. Data is collected annually by email and phone inquiries from state transportation directors as compiled from their school districts. Because states track different metrics, not all data points are available in every state. When a state no longer reports specific metrics or is unresponsive, we note the use of prior-year data with an asterisk.

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