A Comparison of the Cost of Operating Contracted and District - Owned School Buses in District Four, Texas Page: 21
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at the time this study was made. Factors of cost involved in
their operation are given in Table 10.
TABLE 10
FACTORS o07 COST IJTVOLVXD IN THE OPERATION OF THE THIRTEEN
DISTRICT-OWED BUSES IN THE INDPKIDUT SCHOOL
DISTRICTS OF YOUNG COUSY
Total for Average
Factors of Cost 13 Buses Per Bus
Original cost of bus................. $20,386.00 $1,568.15
Amount of original cost paid by the
state.". .......................... .. ..
Items of bus upkeep
Annual cost of gasoline........... 3,480.00 267.69
Annual cost of oil................ 285.00 21.92
Estimated annual expense for tires 1,030.00 79.23
Annual cost of repairs............ 805.00 61.92
Estimate of annual depreciation... 2,445.00 188.07
Annual miscellaneous expense
(insurance, anti-freeze, etc.).. 770.00 59.23
Driver's salary per year............ 8,010.00 616.15
Average life of bus (years).......... 76 5.8
Number of miles on daily route....... 548 42.1
Miles on pavement................. 187 14.4
Miles on graveled road............ 101 7.7
lMiles on dirt road................ 260 20.0
Total number of high school students
transported each day............... 236 18.1
Total number of elementary pupils
transported each day............... 332 25.5
Since the original cost of the average district-owned bus
was $1,568.15, the average annual apportionment of original
cost amounted to approximately $270.37. The total cost of up-
keep for the school year was $678.06, and the average driver's
salary was $616.15, a figure almost twice as high as the average
for any other county included in the study. Hence the total
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Greer, William Arthur. A Comparison of the Cost of Operating Contracted and District - Owned School Buses in District Four, Texas, thesis, August 1939; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32944/m1/31/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .