K-12 Student Transportation Statistics 2023-24

The latest state-by-state student transportation statistics for the most recent school year, sponsored by First Light Safety.

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December 10, 2024

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How does each U.S. state measure up to its student transportation statistics?

School Bus Fleet contacted all 50 states' department directors to find out. We asked each to share as much updated information as possible.

Here's the report!

State-by-State School Bus Statistics - 2023-24

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	15,301	329,837	720,468	46%	89,370,000	$385,850,572
Alaska	925	657	715	71,844	128,275	56%	9,688,450	$70,743,841
Arizona	7,081	161	5,385	Not Available	1,115,160	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
Arkansas	5,223	Not Available	8,367	339,948	436,796	78%	84,836,600	Not Available
California	21,736	9,422	66,000	1,100,000	5,837,690	19%	202,612,287	$1,800,000
Colorado	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	279,043	881,464	32%	46,765,451	$71,845,006
Connecticut*	8,600	8,250	Not Available	467,000	512,652	-	Not Available	Not Available
Delaware	1,711	1,079	2,144	127,250	142,157	90%	20,810,604	$166,833,900
District of Columbia	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	98,663	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
Florida*	17,388	Not Available	10,414	847,952	2,851,850	30%	204,014,432	$1,273,553,604
Georgia	20,506	Not Available	13,738	880,998	1,693,856	52%	137,282,220	$148,750,195
Hawaii	785	725	437	28,260	167,649	17%	4,527,500	$85,000,000
Idaho	2,985	Not Available	Not Available	90,000	315,141	28%	20,970,348	$94,400,000
Illinois*	23,065	Not Available	32,098	976,971	1,861,774	52%	215,587,529	$809,366,100
Indiana	15,540	1,971	14,151	671,270**	1,032,724	65%	Not Available	Not Available
Iowa*	6,000	900	9,000	223,345	478,692	47%	38,501,255	$210,557,708
Kansas*	3,495	1,220	9,176	196,148	475,233	41%	33,518,081	$3,817,084,539
Kentucky	8,977	Not Available	8,364	301,583	634,424	48%	99,816,332	$274,446,300
Louisiana	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	1,360,046	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
Maine	3,400	0	2,850	138,099	172,624	80%	30,000,000	$5,000,000
Maryland	7,169	3,301	8,580	628,866	889,900	71%	122,401,833	$335,964,983
Massachusetts	9,000	7,850	10,000	500,000	914,959	55%	Not Available	Not Available
Michigan	15,000	Not Available	Not Available	700,000	1,429,895	49%	Not Available	Not Available
Minnesota	18,332	13,583	Not Available	682,399	870,506	78%	160,134,264	$373,985,043
Mississippi*	5,534	284	Not Available	368,644	439,787	84%	38,132,316	$225,937,857
Missouri*	11,678	3,950	Not Available	464,322	861,494	54%	123,379,100	347,297,933
Montana	3,740	2,281	2,013	74,780	148,585	50%	15,468,935	$10,411,642
Nebraska	5,398	Not Available	Not Available	86,599	328,649	26%	27,152,911	Not Available
Nevada	2,320	0	2,000	145,000	484,240	30%	24,802,999	$26,765,997
New Hampshire*	3,200	Not Available	Not Available	159,600	155,253	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available
New Jersey*	16,704	4,677	Not Available	677,045	1,343,058	50%	Not Available	$328,421,850
New Mexico	1,975	Not Available	Not Available	123,905	295,236	42%	Not Available	$126,821,800
New York	50,000**	22,800*	Not Available	2,300,000**	2,418,513	95%	Not Available	$2,000,000,000**
North Carolina	10,871	Not Available	11,281	622,640	1,374,664	45%	154,082,167	$675,388,863
North Dakota*	2,351	284	Not Available	43,585	116,598	38%	22,564,317	$27,638,204
Ohio	Not Available	Not Available	18,902	715,881	1,665,552	43%	1,119,933	$773,000,070
Oklahoma	Not Available	21	Not Available	Not Available	701,066	Not Available	Not Available	$37,165,015
Oregon*	4,429	2,086	Not Available	173,740	552,380	31%	50,351,936	Not Available
Pennsylvania	28,637	42,117	43,173	1,412,379	1,685,859	84%	434,649,271	Not Available
Rhode Island*	1,691	1,356	Not Available	94,800	137,452	-	Not Available	$558,024,000
South Carolina	5,740	100	5,600	330,000	751,000	44%	77,000,000	$136,000,000
South Dakota*	1,778	782	Not Available	43,876	137,759	39%	Not Available	Not Available
Tennessee	8,653	Not Available	3,815	467,745	1,000,920	47%	Not Available	Not Available
Texas*	45,347	0	Not Available	1,548,374	5,402,928	29%	341,827,721	$385,607,193
Utah	3,151	44	3,204	190,945	672,662	28%	25,188,512	$124,066,041
Vermont	Not Available	Not Available	2,364	63,005	82,901	76%	Not Available	$21,786
Virginia	15,124	168	Not Available	759,011	1,261,962	60%	202,868,629	$409,500,000
Washington	10,345	1,311	10,000	339,367	1,070,679	32%	96,759,250	$841,000,000
West Virginia	3,835	0	3,663	174,019	245,047	71%	43,845,002	$99,231,183
Wisconsin	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	369,762	814,002	45%	Not Available	$24,000,000
Wyoming	1,835	0	657	26,747	90,297	30%	11,861,500	Not Available
TOTAL	451,238	131,732	323,392	21,356,584	49,261,141	-	3,211,891,685	$15,281,481,225
AVERAGE	10,255	3,992	11,151	454,395	965,905	50%	94,467,403	$424,485,590

*Latest available data.

**Estimate.

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.