The costs of transportation

While both Newark and Elizabeth school districts spent approximately 5% of their general fund for 2021 to 2022 on transportation, the cost to bus one student in Elizabeth school district was twice as high as Newark's when broken down to cost per student.

State figures taken from the median data of all school districts in New Jersey.
Chart: Nina Lin, NBCSource: NJ Department of EducationCreated with Datawrapper