The Saint Paul Public Schools provides transportation service to students who are attending Saint Paul Public Schools and programs, or who are attending non-public and some charter schools that are located within the City of Saint Paul. Transportation is provided to students who meet eligibility requirements contained in the Board of Education Policy 707.00 Eligibility for Student Transportation.

During the 2009-2010 school year the District projects transporting 39,273 students including 36,973 students attending Saint Paul Public Schools and programs and 2.310 students attending non-public schools located within the City of Saint Paul.

Under Minnesota Statutes and Federal laws the School District is required to provide specialized transportation services to students whose handicapping condition requires individualized transportation services.

Minnesota Statutes grant charter schools the option of requesting transportation service from the resident school district or providing transportation themselves and collecting aide directly from the State of Minnesota. The resident school district must provide transportation service within the school district boundaries if requested by the charter school. The resident school district is not required to provide transportation service to non-resident students attending charter schools located within the district boundaries.

The Saint Paul Public Schools provides student transportation service to:

32 City wide elementary magnet and city wide option schools
31 Early Kindergarten programs for four year olds
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
The Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf at Faribault, MN
The Minnesota State Academy for the Blind at Faribault, MN

During the 2008-2009 school year, the last year for which full information is available, the Saint Paul Public Schools:

Was No. 7 nationwide for large urban school districts in daily riders per school bus
The 2005-2006 School Bus Fleet Magazine survey of the 100 largest school districts indicates that Saint Paul is the 33st largest school district in the number of students transported, but is the 59rd largest school district in the number of buses used to transport those students!