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Do Long Bus Rides Drive Down Academic Outcomes?

Sarah A. Cordes,
Christopher Rick,
Amy Ellen Schwartz

School buses may be a critical education policy lever, breaking the link between schools and neighborhoods and facilitating access to school choice. Yet little is known about the commute for bus riders, including the average length of the bus ride or whether long commutes harm academic outcomes. We begin to fill this gap using data from New York City to explore the morning commutes of over 120,000 bus riders. We find that long bus rides are uncommon and that those with long bus rides are disproportionately Black and more likely to attend charter or district-choice schools. We find deleterious effects of long bus rides on attendance and chronic absenteeism of district-choice students.

Keywords
Pupil Transportation, School Buses, Academic Outcomes
Education level
K-12 Education
Topics
Families and Communities
Tags
Neighborhoods,
Transportation
Download 12/2021
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/5v2d-5p08
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Cordes, Sarah A., Christopher Rick, and Amy Ellen Schwartz. (). Do Long Bus Rides Drive Down Academic Outcomes?. (EdWorkingPaper: -504). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/5v2d-5p08

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