Saint Paul Public Schools
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Student Transportation Information for Public, Non-public, and Charter Schools

The Saint Paul Public Schools provides transportation to students attending:
  • 32 City wide elementary magnet and city wide option schools
  • 16 Neighborhood schools
  • 7 Middle/Junior High Schools
  • 8 Senior High Schools
  • 37 Self contained special education programs
  • 6 out of district special education programs
  • 1 K-12 Magnet school
  • 2 East Metro Integration District Schools
  • 1 Metropolitan Learning Alliance District School
  • 6 Early Childhood Special Education programs
  • 31 Nonpublic schools
  • 6 Alternative secondary schools
  • 20 Community based special education sites
  • 56 Extended day Area Learning Center Program sites
  • 6 Early Childhood Family Education Program sites
  • No charter schools will be transported during the 2009-2010 school year

During the 2009-2010 school year the School District projects transporting 39,273 students to and from school, including:
  • 24,580 students to and from District schools for integration purposes.
  • 540 students to and from an East Metro Integration District school.
  • 5 students to and from the Metropolitan Learning Alliance high school at the Mall of America.
  • 6,648 public students due to distance
  • 2,925 students for special education services
  • 431 students due to homelessness and care and treatment
  • 2,310 non-public students due to distance
  • 594 public and nonpublic students due to traffic conditions
  • 1,240 four year old program students

For the 2009-2010 school year the Saint Paul Public Schools operates 373 vehicles that provide approximately 869 AM route trips transporting students to school.  This does not include some trips transporting out of District special education placements, students experiencing homelessness, or students for care and treatment.   Of the 861 route trips:
  • 608 route trips transport students to school for integration purposes
  • 60 route trips transport students to a neighborhood elementary school.  The vast majority of these route trips provide transportation to both students from outside the attendance area for integration purposes and attendance area students residing over one mile form school.
  • 143 route trips transport K-12 students to a special education setting
  • 25 route trips transport Early Childhood Special Education students
  • 25 route trips transport students to a non-public school